Wheat Area Harvested by Country
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Wheat is the leading source of vegetal protein in human food, having a protein content of about 13%, which is relatively high compared to other major cereals and staple foods.
World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined.world production of wheat was 749 million tons, making it the second most-produced cereal after maize.
Area harvested in ha
India 28,035,000
China 23,721,075
Russian Federation 23,500,500
United States of America 20,639,700
Kazakhstan 12,683,000
Australia 12,345,000
Canada 8,636,300
Pakistan 8,578,000
Turkey 8,097,700
Ukraine 5,951,300
Argentina 5,831,684
France 5,238,000
Iran, Islamic Republic of 4,045,000
Germany 2,992,075
Morocco 2,571,900
Afghanistan 2,466,000
Iraq 2,203,000
Poland 2,111,982
Italy 2,034,793
Algeria 2,000,000
Romania 1,890,920
Brazil 1,853,220
United Kingdom 1,830,000
Spain 1,829,800
Syrian Arab Republic 1,667,730
Ethiopia 1,473,917
Uzbekistan 1,382,800
Egypt 1,139,000
Hungary 1,109,699
Bulgaria 1,088,000
Tunisia 856,000
Turkmenistan 845,000
Czech Republic 810,987
Greece 737,800
Nepal 702,664
Mexico 691,679
Denmark 688,800
South Africa 632,000
Serbia 559,257
Azerbaijan 488,542
Saudi Arabia 450,330
Belarus 426,161
Bangladesh 399,000
Paraguay 365,000
Slovakia 360,698
Sweden 360,500
Kyrgyzstan 354,699
Lithuania 354,600
Moldova 314,487
Austria 292,976
Sudan 284,167
Tajikistan 276,300
Uruguay 243,300
Chile 228,979
Latvia 226,000
Japan 209,700
Finland 202,600
Belgium 199,598
Croatia 175,045
Peru 144,524
Bolivia 143,951
Yemen 141,520
Netherlands 140,000
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 132,000
Myanmar 120,000
Mongolia 116,651
Kenya 104,176
Armenia 98,400
Estonia 95,900
Tanzania, United Republic of 92,000
Norway 91,309
Switzerland 91,095
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 90,800
Israel 85,900
Ireland 84,300
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 80,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina 73,968
Albania 70,200
Portugal 62,300
Lebanon 52,800
Georgia 44,900
New Zealand 40,538
Slovenia 32,040
Zimbabwe 28,000
Nigeria 26,000
Rwanda 23,000
Occupied Palestinian Territory 22,000
Zambia 19,200
Colombia 18,806
Lesotho 17,236
Jordan 16,110
Eritrea 16,000
Luxembourg 12,586
Ecuador 11,291
Uganda 11,000
Burundi 10,000
Bhutan 6,872
Congo, Democratic Republic of 6,763
Cyprus 5,287
Niger 5,200
Guatemala 4,900
Madagascar 4,500
Chad 4,000
Mali 3,430
Somalia 2,600
Angola 2,500
Malta 2,400
Namibia 2,200
Malawi 2,005
Honduras 2,000
Mozambique 2,000
Korea, Republic of 1,928
Thailand 1,000
Montenegro 808
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 700
Mauritania 400
Botswana 400
Kuwait 350
Oman 310
Cameroon 300
Swaziland 220
United Arab Emirates 18
Qatar 13
New Caledonia 11
Data: Food and Agriculture Organization (28th April 2017)
Cartogram
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