Europe vs Syrian Arab Republic: Wheat — Area harvested

Europe
57.83 million ha
in 2024
Syrian Arab Republic
1.28 million ha
in 2024
Europe rank
2nd
Syrian Arab Republic rank
5th

Wheat — Area harvested over time

  • Europe
  • Syrian Arab Republic
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M196119922024

How they compare

Europe currently reports 57.83 million ha against 1.28 million ha in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 56.55 million ha.

That makes Europe's figure about 45.3 times Syrian Arab Republic's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.

Europe ranks 2nd and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 5th of 26 groups.

Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe Syrian Arab Republic Difference Ahead
1960s 95.37 million ha 1.24 million ha 94.13 million ha Europe
1970s 87.94 million ha 1.48 million ha 86.46 million ha Europe
1980s 78.88 million ha 1.22 million ha 77.66 million ha Europe
1990s 59.24 million ha 1.53 million ha 57.71 million ha Europe
2000s 57.46 million ha 1.70 million ha 55.77 million ha Europe
2010s 59.55 million ha 1.33 million ha 58.22 million ha Europe
2020s 61.28 million ha 1.34 million ha 59.94 million ha Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Europe or Syrian Arab Republic?
Europe, at 57.83 million ha against 1.28 million ha in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Europe and Syrian Arab Republic?
56.55 million ha, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Syrian Arab Republic?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Europe and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
Europe ranks 2nd and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 5th 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

Indicator
Wheat — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
164 places, 9,260 data points, 1961–2024
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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.