Apples — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Apples — Area harvested was 53,600 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Romania is 53,600 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Romania peaked at 89,396 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 10,500 ha, in 1963.
Romania ranks 11th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1963 | 10,500 ha | -44.7% |
| 1964 | 18,100 ha | +72.4% |
| 1965 | 31,000 ha | +71.3% |
| 1985 | 83,000 ha | +167.7% |
| 1986 | 83,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 81,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 81,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 81,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 84,864 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 89,396 ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 88,690 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 88,289 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 87,573 ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 85,625 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 81,484 ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 81,025 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 79,499 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 77,984 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 71,016 ha | -8.9% |
| 2001 | 73,011 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 72,430 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 71,589 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 73,377 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 81,672 ha | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 59,298 ha | -27.4% |
| 2007 | 59,017 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 54,704 ha | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 52,637 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 56,373 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 52,722 ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 55,366 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 60,276 ha | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 56,130 ha | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 55,883 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 55,528 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 55,597 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 53,940 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 52,740 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 52,340 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 53,820 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 54,070 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 54,290 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 53,600 ha | -1.3% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 53,600 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 11.9× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Romania's 53,600 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 6.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Romania 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 | +167.7% | 31,000 ha | 83,000 ha |
| 1964 | +72.4% | 10,500 ha | 18,100 ha |
| 1965 | +71.3% | 18,100 ha | 31,000 ha |
| 1963 | -44.7% | 19,000 ha | 10,500 ha |
| 2006 | -27.4% | 81,672 ha | 59,298 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,920 ha | 10,500 ha | 31,000 ha | 5 |
| 1980s | 81,800 ha | 81,000 ha | 83,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 84,443 ha | 77,984 ha | 89,396 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,875 ha | 52,637 ha | 81,672 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,456 ha | 52,722 ha | 60,276 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,624 ha | 52,340 ha | 54,290 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Romania?
- Apples — area harvested in Romania was 53,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 89,396 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,500 ha in 1963.
- How does Romania rank for apples — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 11th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.