Russian Federation vs Western Europe: Sugar beet — Area harvested

Russian Federation
985,329 ha
in 2024
Western Europe
1.05 million ha
in 2024
Russian Federation rank
2nd
Western Europe rank
5th

Sugar beet — Area harvested over time

  • Russian Federation
  • Western Europe
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922024

How they compare

Western Europe currently reports 1.05 million ha against 985,329 ha in Russian Federation, a difference of 66,151 ha.

That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.1 times Russian Federation's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Russian Federation ahead.

Russian Federation ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 5th of 68 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Russian Federation averaged higher in 1 and Western Europe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Russian Federation Western Europe Difference Ahead
1990s 982,348 ha 1.24 million ha 256,826 ha Western Europe
2000s 808,918 ha 1.05 million ha 241,637 ha Western Europe
2010s 1.05 million ha 992,717 ha 62,158 ha Russian Federation
2020s 987,871 ha 995,310 ha 7,439 ha Western Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, Russian Federation or Western Europe?
Western Europe, at 1.05 million ha against 985,329 ha in Russian Federation as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between Russian Federation and Western Europe?
66,151 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Russian Federation and Western Europe?
33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
How do Russian Federation and Western Europe rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
Russian Federation ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 5th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Russian Federation vs Western Europe: Sugar beet — Area harvested. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 06 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/sugar-beet-area-harvested/russian-federation-2/western-europe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/sugar-beet-area-harvested/russian-federation-2/western-europe/">Russian Federation vs Western Europe: Sugar beet — Area harvested</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Sugar beet — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
97 places, 4,772 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.