China vs Russian Federation: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- China
- Russian Federation
How they compare
Russian Federation currently reports 26.95 million ha against 23.59 million ha in China, a difference of 3.36 million ha.
That makes Russian Federation's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was China ahead.
China ranks 4th and Russian Federation ranks 3rd of 124 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Russian Federation in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Russian Federation | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.61 million ha | 22.36 million ha | 7.25 million ha | China |
| 2000s | 23.69 million ha | 23.55 million ha | 136,650 ha | China |
| 2010s | 24.28 million ha | 24.98 million ha | 699,310 ha | Russian Federation |
| 2020s | 23.54 million ha | 28.37 million ha | 4.83 million ha | Russian Federation |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, China or Russian Federation?
- Russian Federation, at 26.95 million ha against 23.59 million ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between China and Russian Federation?
- 3.36 million ha, with Russian Federation ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Russian Federation?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do China and Russian Federation rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and Russian Federation ranks 3rd 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.