Germany vs Romania: Wheat — Area harvested

Germany
2.62 million ha
in 2024
Romania
2.27 million ha
in 2024
Germany rank
17th
Romania rank
20th

Wheat — Area harvested over time

  • Germany
  • Romania
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922024

How they compare

Germany currently reports 2.62 million ha against 2.27 million ha in Romania, a difference of 343,970 ha.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Romania ahead.

Germany ranks 17th and Romania ranks 20th of 133 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 5 and Romania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany Romania Difference Ahead
1960s 1.89 million ha 2.93 million ha 1.04 million ha Romania
1970s 2.29 million ha 2.35 million ha 62,945 ha Romania
1980s 2.39 million ha 2.30 million ha 87,243 ha Germany
1990s 2.56 million ha 2.09 million ha 474,454 ha Germany
2000s 3.07 million ha 2.08 million ha 983,149 ha Germany
2010s 3.18 million ha 2.09 million ha 1.09 million ha Germany
2020s 2.85 million ha 2.22 million ha 636,098 ha Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Germany or Romania?
Germany, at 2.62 million ha against 2.27 million ha in Romania as of 2024.
What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Germany and Romania?
343,970 ha, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Romania?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Germany and Romania rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
Germany ranks 17th and Romania ranks 20th 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

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.