Chile vs Japan: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Chile
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 231,800 ha against 198,067 ha in Chile, a difference of 33,733 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 62nd and Japan ranks 59th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 6 and Japan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 745,105 ha | 472,800 ha | 272,305 ha | Chile |
| 1970s | 643,615 ha | 119,260 ha | 524,355 ha | Chile |
| 1980s | 505,093 ha | 242,100 ha | 262,993 ha | Chile |
| 1990s | 416,487 ha | 184,740 ha | 231,747 ha | Chile |
| 2000s | 358,233 ha | 207,020 ha | 151,213 ha | Chile |
| 2010s | 252,206 ha | 211,370 ha | 40,836 ha | Chile |
| 2020s | 206,798 ha | 224,680 ha | 17,882 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Chile or Japan?
- Japan, at 231,800 ha against 198,067 ha in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Chile and Japan?
- 33,733 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Japan rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 62nd and Japan ranks 59th 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.