Apples — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Apples — Area harvested was 22,560 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Hungary, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Hungary is 22,560 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 69,000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 22,560 ha, in 2024.
Hungary ranks 38th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Hungary, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 53,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 60,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1987 | 59,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 56,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 48,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1990 | 37,964 ha | -20.9% |
| 1991 | 48,600 ha | +28.0% |
| 1992 | 60,400 ha | +24.3% |
| 1993 | 53,800 ha | -10.9% |
| 1994 | 69,000 ha | +28.3% |
| 1995 | 45,000 ha | -34.8% |
| 1996 | 39,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 35,500 ha | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 33,700 ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 30,400 ha | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 34,500 ha | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 57,200 ha | +65.8% |
| 2002 | 35,819 ha | -37.4% |
| 2003 | 43,486 ha | +21.4% |
| 2004 | 43,240 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 42,024 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 39,136 ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 40,501 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 43,100 ha | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 36,644 ha | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 34,030 ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 33,092 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 32,040 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 33,360 ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 33,260 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 32,803 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 32,485 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 32,166 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 31,840 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 30,970 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 25,970 ha | -16.1% |
| 2021 | 25,020 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 23,820 ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 22,790 ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 22,560 ha | -1.0% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 22,560 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 5.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 22,560 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 2.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Hungary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +65.8% | 34,500 ha | 57,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 55,200 ha | 48,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 45,336 ha | 30,400 ha | 69,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,565 ha | 34,500 ha | 57,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,605 ha | 30,970 ha | 34,030 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,032 ha | 22,560 ha | 25,970 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Hungary?
- Apples — area harvested in Hungary was 22,560 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 69,000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,560 ha in 2024.
- How does Hungary rank for apples — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 38th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary 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.