Brazil vs Germany: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Germany
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 2.92 million ha against 2.62 million ha in Germany, a difference of 306,320 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.
Brazil ranks 16th and Germany ranks 17th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Germany in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 887,169 ha | 1.89 million ha | 1.00 million ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 2.71 million ha | 2.29 million ha | 419,156 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 2.83 million ha | 2.39 million ha | 439,308 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 1.65 million ha | 2.56 million ha | 911,936 ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 2.09 million ha | 3.07 million ha | 976,947 ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 2.19 million ha | 3.18 million ha | 990,816 ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 2.92 million ha | 2.85 million ha | 67,158 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Brazil or Germany?
- Brazil, at 2.92 million ha against 2.62 million ha in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Brazil and Germany?
- 306,320 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Germany?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Germany rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 16th and Germany ranks 17th of 133 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.