Apples — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Apples — Area harvested was 53,380 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Italy is 53,380 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Italy peaked at 107,700 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 52,775 ha, in 2016.
Italy ranks 13th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 104,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 104,800 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 105,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 106,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 107,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 98,000 ha | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 96,200 ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 96,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 82,300 ha | -15.0% |
| 1970 | 78,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 75,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 77,700 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 75,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 76,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 75,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 73,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 70,600 ha | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 69,300 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 70,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 69,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 69,700 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 70,700 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 75,153 ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 75,675 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 76,468 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 78,551 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 78,614 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 79,700 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 78,119 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 78,012 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 77,544 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 75,643 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 73,621 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 71,244 ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 67,115 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 71,543 ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 64,984 ha | -9.2% |
| 1998 | 64,233 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 63,599 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 62,527 ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 62,651 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 60,529 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 56,928 ha | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 57,554 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 57,136 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 57,143 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 56,020 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 59,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 58,445 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 57,907 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 56,860 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 54,684 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 55,274 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 54,743 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 54,720 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 52,775 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 53,586 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 57,440 ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 55,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 54,910 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 54,470 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 53,730 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 54,080 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 53,380 ha | -1.3% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 53,380 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 11.9× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Italy's 53,380 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 6.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,211 ha | 82,300 ha | 107,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 74,160 ha | 69,300 ha | 78,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75,228 ha | 69,600 ha | 79,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 70,754 ha | 63,599 ha | 78,012 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,793 ha | 56,020 ha | 62,651 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,299 ha | 52,775 ha | 57,907 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 54,114 ha | 53,380 ha | 54,910 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Italy?
- Apples — area harvested in Italy was 53,380 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 107,700 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,775 ha in 2016.
- How does Italy rank for apples — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 13th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.