Apples — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Apples — Area harvested was 13,650 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 13,650 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 34,386 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 12,450 ha, in 2010.
Portugal ranks 46th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 17,300 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 18,100 ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 14,470 ha | -20.1% |
| 1969 | 15,250 ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 18,040 ha | +18.3% |
| 1971 | 20,380 ha | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 24,340 ha | +19.4% |
| 1973 | 25,880 ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 28,258 ha | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 31,155 ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 32,981 ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 33,580 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 34,386 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 27,543 ha | -19.9% |
| 1980 | 27,291 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 26,999 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 25,905 ha | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 25,241 ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 23,989 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 21,553 ha | -10.2% |
| 1986 | 23,856 ha | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 23,788 ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 24,188 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 24,162 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 24,567 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 24,765 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 24,915 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 25,084 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 24,879 ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 24,209 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 24,313 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 24,308 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 23,095 ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 21,096 ha | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 21,117 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 20,396 ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 19,732 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 19,071 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 17,969 ha | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 16,840 ha | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 15,700 ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 14,558 ha | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 13,757 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 12,565 ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 12,450 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 12,539 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 12,903 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 13,661 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 13,847 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 14,006 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 14,399 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 14,786 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 14,580 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 14,310 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 14,310 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13,920 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 13,730 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 13,940 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 13,650 ha | -2.1% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 13,650 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 3.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 13,650 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 1.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,458 ha | 14,470 ha | 18,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,654 ha | 18,040 ha | 34,386 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,697 ha | 21,553 ha | 27,291 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,123 ha | 21,096 ha | 25,084 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,170 ha | 12,565 ha | 21,117 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,748 ha | 12,450 ha | 14,786 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,910 ha | 13,650 ha | 14,310 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 43 North Macedonia 15,216 ha compare
- 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15,049 ha compare
- 45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13,827 ha compare
- 47 Belgium-Luxembourg 10,859 ha compare
- 48 Armenia 10,058 ha compare
- 49 New Zealand 9,522 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Portugal?
- Apples — area harvested in Portugal was 13,650 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 34,386 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,450 ha in 2010.
- How does Portugal rank for apples — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 46th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.