Apples — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Apples — Area harvested was 881,413 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Europe is 881,413 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Europe peaked at 2.47 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 881,413 ha, in 2024.
Europe ranks 3rd of 25 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.11 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.20 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 1.24 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 1.28 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 1.33 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 1.27 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 1.39 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 1.45 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 1.49 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 1.95 million ha | +30.8% |
| 1971 | 1.91 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 1.97 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 1.96 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 1.97 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 2.07 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 2.10 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 2.08 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 2.06 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 2.16 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 1.89 million ha | -12.8% |
| 1981 | 1.86 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 2.01 million ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 1.97 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 1.98 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 2.47 million ha | +24.5% |
| 1986 | 2.41 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 2.32 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 2.32 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 2.26 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 2.25 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 2.02 million ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 1.73 million ha | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 1.76 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 1.80 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 1.71 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 1.67 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 1.67 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.53 million ha | -8.4% |
| 1999 | 1.56 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 1.60 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 1.53 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 1.53 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.36 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 1.34 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 1.33 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.25 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 1.24 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.05 million ha | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 1.03 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.01 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 1.01 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.01 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.02 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 976,505 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 997,856 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 984,544 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 947,484 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 987,343 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 960,718 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 960,029 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 954,039 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 959,379 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 902,427 ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 881,413 ha | -2.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +30.8% | 1.49 million ha | 1.95 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.31 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.02 million ha | 1.91 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.15 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 2.47 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.77 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 2.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.33 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 990,532 ha | 947,484 ha | 1.02 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 931,457 ha | 881,413 ha | 960,029 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 China 2.09 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2.09 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 165,319 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 120,514 ha compare
- 3 USSR 1.30 million ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 68,637 ha compare
- 4 India 304,130 ha compare
- 5 Russian Federation 189,893 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 48,092 ha compare
- 6 Poland 148,000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Europe?
- Apples — area harvested in Europe was 881,413 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.47 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 881,413 ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for apples — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.