Japan vs South America: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- South America
How they compare
Japan currently reports 48,900 ha against 12,089 ha in South America, a difference of 36,811 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 4.0 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 19th and South America ranks 20th of 68 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and South America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,933 ha | 34,350 ha | 20,584 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 53,200 ha | 53,433 ha | 232.7 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 71,634 ha | 49,916 ha | 21,719 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 70,275 ha | 51,244 ha | 19,031 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 66,970 ha | 33,110 ha | 33,860 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 58,870 ha | 21,185 ha | 37,685 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 54,000 ha | 10,987 ha | 43,013 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, Japan or South America?
- Japan, at 48,900 ha against 12,089 ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between Japan and South America?
- 36,811 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and South America rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 19th and South America ranks 20th of 68 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar beet — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.