Apples — Area harvested in Finland
Finland: Apples — Area harvested was 630 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Finland is 630 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Finland peaked at 1,000 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 394 ha, in 1970.
That places Finland 81st out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Finland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 552 ha | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 503 ha | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 584 ha | +16.1% |
| 1965 | 526 ha | -9.9% |
| 1966 | 506 ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 506 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 462 ha | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 406 ha | -12.1% |
| 1970 | 394 ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 437 ha | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 889 ha | +103.4% |
| 1973 | 847 ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 849 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 854 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 815 ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 813 ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 677 ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 640 ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 648 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 604 ha | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 503 ha | -16.7% |
| 1983 | 483 ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 438 ha | -9.3% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +128.3% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 750 ha | -25.0% |
| 1991 | 502 ha | -33.1% |
| 1992 | 805 ha | +60.4% |
| 1993 | 700 ha | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 571 ha | -18.4% |
| 1995 | 419 ha | -26.6% |
| 1996 | 437 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 452 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 464 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 479 ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 506 ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 531 ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 560 ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 596 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 620 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 646 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 635 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 649 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 668 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 653 ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 679 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 669 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 667 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 660 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 669 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 666 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 666 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 684 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 630 ha | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 650 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 670 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 620 ha | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 660 ha | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 630 ha | -4.5% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 630 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 14% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Finland's 630 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 7% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Finland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +128.3% | 438 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1972 | +103.4% | 437 ha | 889 ha |
| 1992 | +60.4% | 502 ha | 805 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505 ha | 406 ha | 584 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 721.5 ha | 394 ha | 889 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 767.6 ha | 438 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 557.9 ha | 419 ha | 805 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 606.4 ha | 506 ha | 668 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 664 ha | 630 ha | 684 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 640 ha | 620 ha | 670 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,466 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5476 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2548 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Finland?
- Apples — area harvested in Finland was 630 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 394 ha in 1970.
- How does Finland rank for apples — area harvested?
- Finland ranks 81st out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.