Apples — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Apples — Area harvested was 31,797 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Europe recorded 31,797 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 79,059 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 27,506 ha, in 1967.
Northern Europe ranks 21st of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,552 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 35,503 ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 37,584 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 34,026 ha | -9.5% |
| 1966 | 30,506 ha | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 27,506 ha | -9.8% |
| 1968 | 28,962 ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 33,906 ha | +17.1% |
| 1970 | 34,794 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 34,437 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 32,589 ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 32,647 ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 33,649 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 32,654 ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 32,615 ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 30,413 ha | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 31,477 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 31,440 ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 31,248 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 30,104 ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 30,103 ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 31,083 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 30,138 ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 49,200 ha | +63.2% |
| 1986 | 48,200 ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 45,200 ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 44,200 ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 43,177 ha | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 32,063 ha | -25.7% |
| 1991 | 29,408 ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 79,059 ha | +168.8% |
| 1993 | 75,132 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 75,335 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 77,768 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 63,922 ha | -17.8% |
| 1997 | 71,927 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 70,301 ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 65,945 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 65,359 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 67,332 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 61,782 ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 51,184 ha | -17.2% |
| 2004 | 51,644 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 50,322 ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 51,033 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 45,779 ha | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 42,218 ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 41,404 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 40,233 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 40,519 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 42,160 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 41,548 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 40,804 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 39,723 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 39,304 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 40,272 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 35,978 ha | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 34,641 ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 34,760 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 35,224 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 34,300 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 33,441 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 31,797 ha | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,227 ha | 27,506 ha | 37,584 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,672 ha | 30,413 ha | 34,794 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,265 ha | 30,103 ha | 49,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,086 ha | 29,408 ha | 79,059 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,806 ha | 41,404 ha | 67,332 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,518 ha | 34,641 ha | 42,160 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,904 ha | 31,797 ha | 35,224 ha | 5 |
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight 21 kg/An (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 14.31 million t (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield 73,100 kg/ha (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested 195,749 ha (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 38.24 million An (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 17.74 million An (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production 367,371 t (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested 271,477 ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 2,840 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Apples — area harvested in Northern Europe was 31,797 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 79,059 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,506 ha in 1967.
- How does Northern Europe rank for apples — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 21st out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.