Table 1 Crop blue and green WC amounts for main crops and continents for 2020 and related SPAM statistics on production and harvested area
Crop | Continent | WCbl (km3) | WCgn,irr (km3) | WCgn,rf (km3) | WCgn (km3) | WCbl+gn (km3) | Pirr (Mton) | Prf (Mton) | Pirr+rf (Mton) | Airr (Mha) | Arf (Mha) | Airr+rf (Mha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wheat | Asia | 191 | 79 | 114 | 193 | 384 | 270 | 70 | 340 | 57 | 43 | 100 |
Americas | 8 | 4 | 116 | 120 | 128 | 12 | 96 | 108 | 2 | 32 | 34 | |
Africa | 13 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 40 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
Europe | 1 | 1 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 2 | 183 | 185 | 0 | 34 | 34 | |
Global | 212 | 85 | 468 | 553 | 765 | 297 | 469 | 766 | 61 | 156 | 217 | |
Rice | Asia | 424 (136) | 375 | 237 | 612 | 1,036 | 585 | 105 | 690 | 95 | 49 | 144 |
Americas | 22 (5) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Africa | 27 (7) | 11 | 60 | 72 | 98 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |
Europe | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Global | 477 (149) | 398 | 309 | 707 | 1,183 | 637 | 130 | 767 | 103 | 63 | 165 | |
Maize | Asia | 47 | 64 | 155 | 219 | 266 | 160 | 207 | 367 | 23 | 43 | 66 |
Americas | 27 | 29 | 299 | 328 | 354 | 96 | 480 | 576 | 8 | 64 | 73 | |
Africa | 13 | 2 | 166 | 168 | 181 | 13 | 78 | 91 | 2 | 39 | 41 | |
Europe | 9 | 5 | 39 | 44 | 53 | 27 | 91 | 118 | 2 | 14 | 16 | |
Global | 96 | 99 | 665 | 764 | 860 | 297 | 871 | 1,167 | 36 | 164 | 200 | |
Soybean | Asia | 4 | 5 | 83 | 87 | 91 | 3 | 28 | 32 | 1 | 20 | 22 |
Americas | 11 | 9 | 398 | 407 | 418 | 15 | 287 | 302 | 3 | 91 | 94 | |
Africa | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Europe | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Global | 16 | 14 | 491 | 505 | 521 | 19 | 321 | 340 | 5 | 114 | 119 | |
Sugar cane | Asia | 70 | 47 | 37 | 84 | 154 | 567 | 204 | 771 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Americas | 14 | 18 | 84 | 101 | 115 | 287 | 709 | 996 | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
Africa | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 29 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Global | 96 | 69 | 128 | 197 | 292 | 928 | 949 | 1,877 | 10 | 16 | 27 | |
Cotton | Asia | 55 | 24 | 58 | 82 | 137 | 41 | 6 | 47 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
Americas | 10 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Africa | 3 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Europe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Global | 70 | 31 | 93 | 124 | 194 | 49 | 19 | 69 | 13 | 18 | 31 | |
Oilpalm | Asia | 0 | 0 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 0 | 364 | 364 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
Americas | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Africa | 0 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Global | 0 | 1 | 302 | 302 | 303 | 1 | 410 | 410 | 0 | 28 | 28 | |
All 46 crops | Asia | 918 (136) | 690 | 1,916 | 2,606 | 3,524 | 2,194 | 2,440 | 4,635 | 233 | 401 | 633 |
Americas | 140 (5) | 107 | 1,214 | 1,321 | 1,460 | 600 | 1,899 | 2,499 | 30 | 264 | 295 | |
Africa | 119 (7) | 32 | 1,055 | 1,087 | 1,206 | 221 | 704 | 924 | 17 | 257 | 274 | |
Europe | 39 (0) | 26 | 330 | 355 | 394 | 149 | 706 | 855 | 10 | 111 | 121 | |
Global | 1,228 (149) | 861 | 4,727 | 5,588 | 6,817 (149) | 3,209 | 6,026 | 9,234 | 292 | 1,115 | 1,407 |
