South America vs Spain: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- South America
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 45,690 ha against 12,089 ha in South America, a difference of 33,601 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 3.8 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
South America ranks 20th and Spain ranks 21st of 22 groups.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,350 ha | 157,899 ha | 123,549 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 53,433 ha | 210,530 ha | 157,097 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 49,916 ha | 205,137 ha | 155,221 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 51,244 ha | 163,193 ha | 111,948 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 33,110 ha | 90,681 ha | 57,571 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 21,185 ha | 36,971 ha | 15,786 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 10,987 ha | 32,492 ha | 21,505 ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, South America or Spain?
- Spain, at 45,690 ha against 12,089 ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between South America and Spain?
- 33,601 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South America and Spain rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- South America ranks 20th and Spain ranks 21st of 22 groups.
- 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.