Finland vs Japan: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Finland
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 231,800 ha against 214,750 ha in Finland, a difference of 17,050 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Finland ranks 57th and Japan ranks 56th of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 244,665 ha | 472,800 ha | 228,135 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 171,260 ha | 119,260 ha | 52,000 ha | Finland |
| 1980s | 141,100 ha | 242,100 ha | 101,000 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 116,690 ha | 184,740 ha | 68,050 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 192,730 ha | 207,020 ha | 14,290 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 221,340 ha | 211,370 ha | 9,970 ha | Finland |
| 2020s | 214,950 ha | 224,680 ha | 9,730 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Finland or Japan?
- Japan, at 231,800 ha against 214,750 ha in Finland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Finland and Japan?
- 17,050 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Finland and Japan rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Finland ranks 57th and Japan ranks 56th 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.