Eastern Asia vs Türkiye: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- Türkiye
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 24.22 million ha against 6.93 million ha in Türkiye, a difference of 17.30 million ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 3.5 times Türkiye's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 7th and Türkiye ranks 2nd of 26 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.78 million ha | 8.11 million ha | 17.67 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 27.95 million ha | 9.00 million ha | 18.95 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 29.83 million ha | 9.21 million ha | 20.62 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 30.53 million ha | 9.44 million ha | 21.09 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 24.14 million ha | 8.72 million ha | 15.42 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 24.85 million ha | 7.65 million ha | 17.20 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 24.19 million ha | 6.78 million ha | 17.41 million ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Türkiye?
- Eastern Asia, at 24.22 million ha against 6.93 million ha in Türkiye as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Türkiye?
- 17.30 million ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Türkiye?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Türkiye rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 7th and Türkiye ranks 2nd of 26 groups.
- 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.