Japan vs Spain: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Spain
How they compare
Japan currently reports 48,900 ha against 45,690 ha in Spain, a difference of 3,210 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Japan ranks 21st and Spain ranks 23rd of 73 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,933 ha | 157,899 ha | 102,965 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 53,200 ha | 210,530 ha | 157,330 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 71,634 ha | 205,137 ha | 133,503 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 70,275 ha | 163,193 ha | 92,917 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 66,970 ha | 90,681 ha | 23,711 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 58,870 ha | 36,971 ha | 21,899 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 54,000 ha | 32,492 ha | 21,508 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, Japan or Spain?
- Japan, at 48,900 ha against 45,690 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between Japan and Spain?
- 3,210 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Spain rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 21st and Spain ranks 23rd of 73 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.