Iran (Islamic Republic of) vs USSR: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
321,319 ha
in 2024
USSR
1.66 million ha
in 1991
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
8th
USSR rank
5th

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • USSR
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

USSR currently reports 1.66 million ha against 321,319 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 1.34 million ha.

That makes USSR's figure about 5.2 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 8th and USSR ranks 5th of 20 groups.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran (Islamic Republic of) USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 146,922 ha 1.43 million ha 1.29 million ha USSR
1970s 213,450 ha 1.62 million ha 1.41 million ha USSR
1980s 279,722 ha 1.76 million ha 1.48 million ha USSR
1990s 323,277 ha 1.62 million ha 1.29 million ha USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher vegetables primary — area harvested, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or USSR?
USSR, at 1.66 million ha against 321,319 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 1991.
What is the difference in vegetables primary — area harvested between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and USSR?
1.34 million ha, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and USSR rank globally for vegetables primary — area harvested?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 8th and USSR ranks 5th of 20 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Vegetables Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,973 data points, 1961–2024
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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.