Europe vs USSR: Permanent crops — Area

Europe
15,732 1000 ha
in 2024
USSR
4,520 1000 ha
in 1991
Europe rank
15th
USSR rank
16th

Permanent crops — Area over time

  • Europe
  • USSR
5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196119922024

How they compare

Europe currently reports 15,732 1000 ha against 4,520 1000 ha in USSR, a difference of 11,212 1000 ha.

That makes Europe's figure about 3.5 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.

Europe ranks 15th and USSR ranks 16th of 32 groups.

Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 18,690 1000 ha 4,722 1000 ha 13,968 1000 ha Europe
1970s 19,732 1000 ha 5,120 1000 ha 14,612 1000 ha Europe
1980s 19,047 1000 ha 4,783 1000 ha 14,264 1000 ha Europe
1990s 18,434 1000 ha 4,520 1000 ha 13,914 1000 ha Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent crops — area, Europe or USSR?
Europe, at 15,732 1000 ha against 4,520 1000 ha in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent crops — area between Europe and USSR?
11,212 1000 ha, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Europe and USSR rank globally for permanent crops — area?
Europe ranks 15th and USSR ranks 16th of 32 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Permanent crops — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Europe vs USSR: Permanent crops — Area. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/permanent-crops-area/europe/ussr/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/permanent-crops-area/europe/ussr/">Europe vs USSR: Permanent crops — Area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Permanent crops — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 15,641 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.