China vs Western Europe: True hemp, raw or retted — Production
True hemp, raw or retted — Production over time
- China
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 186,240 t against 106,345 t in China, a difference of 79,895 t.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.8 times China's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 4th of 31 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 3 and Western Europe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,444 t | 3,150 t | 69,294 t | China |
| 1970s | 92,450 t | 976.6 t | 91,473 t | China |
| 1980s | 49,308 t | 3,380 t | 45,928 t | China |
| 1990s | 21,510 t | 43,009 t | 21,499 t | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 34,410 t | 70,884 t | 36,474 t | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 52,153 t | 57,909 t | 5,756 t | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 107,191 t | 169,504 t | 62,313 t | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher true hemp, raw or retted — production, China or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 186,240 t against 106,345 t in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in true hemp, raw or retted — production between China and Western Europe?
- 79,895 t, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Europe rank globally for true hemp, raw or retted — production?
- China ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 4th of 31 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as True hemp, raw or retted — Production. 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.