Belgium vs Saudi Arabia: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Belgium
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 164,540 ha against 129,202 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 35,338 ha.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.3 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Belgium ranks 62nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 65th of 124 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Saudi Arabia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 202,886 ha | 431,090 ha | 228,203 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 204,611 ha | 126,969 ha | 77,642 ha | Belgium |
| 2020s | 197,090 ha | 127,073 ha | 70,017 ha | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Belgium or Saudi Arabia?
- Belgium, at 164,540 ha against 129,202 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Belgium and Saudi Arabia?
- 35,338 ha, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Saudi Arabia?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Saudi Arabia rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 62nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 65th of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.