Apples — Production in Europe
Europe: Apples — Production was 16.89 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Production in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — production in Europe is 16.89 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — production in Europe peaked at 24.81 million t in 1982 and was at its lowest, 10.89 million t, in 1961.
That places Europe 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.89 million t | — |
| 1962 | 15.23 million t | +39.8% |
| 1963 | 14.16 million t | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 15.14 million t | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 13.96 million t | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 14.43 million t | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 17.63 million t | +22.1% |
| 1968 | 16.13 million t | -8.5% |
| 1969 | 18.01 million t | +11.6% |
| 1970 | 18.45 million t | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 17.61 million t | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 15.73 million t | -10.7% |
| 1973 | 19.58 million t | +24.5% |
| 1974 | 16.85 million t | -13.9% |
| 1975 | 20.04 million t | +18.9% |
| 1976 | 20.36 million t | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 18.61 million t | -8.6% |
| 1978 | 19.60 million t | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 21.97 million t | +12.1% |
| 1980 | 19.22 million t | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 17.33 million t | -9.8% |
| 1982 | 24.81 million t | +43.1% |
| 1983 | 22.48 million t | -9.4% |
| 1984 | 22.87 million t | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 20.97 million t | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 24.73 million t | +17.9% |
| 1987 | 18.05 million t | -27.0% |
| 1988 | 21.93 million t | +21.5% |
| 1989 | 21.08 million t | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 19.52 million t | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 14.44 million t | -26.0% |
| 1992 | 17.87 million t | +23.8% |
| 1993 | 18.81 million t | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 14.62 million t | -22.3% |
| 1995 | 14.03 million t | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 16.26 million t | +15.9% |
| 1997 | 17.18 million t | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 14.08 million t | -18.0% |
| 1999 | 14.39 million t | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 17.69 million t | +22.9% |
| 2001 | 15.91 million t | -10.1% |
| 2002 | 15.64 million t | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 15.24 million t | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 16.41 million t | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 14.95 million t | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 15.04 million t | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 14.72 million t | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 15.30 million t | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 15.65 million t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 13.87 million t | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 14.84 million t | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 14.69 million t | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 16.12 million t | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 17.49 million t | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 17.22 million t | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 17.27 million t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 14.28 million t | -17.3% |
| 2018 | 19.71 million t | +38.0% |
| 2019 | 17.26 million t | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 17.82 million t | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 18.28 million t | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 18.49 million t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 17.51 million t | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 16.89 million t | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.06 million t | 10.89 million t | 18.01 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 18.88 million t | 15.73 million t | 21.97 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.35 million t | 17.33 million t | 24.81 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.12 million t | 14.03 million t | 19.52 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.65 million t | 14.72 million t | 17.69 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.28 million t | 13.87 million t | 19.71 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.80 million t | 16.89 million t | 18.49 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 China 51.29 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 51.29 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 4.42 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.35 million t compare
- 3 USSR 4.71 million t compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 801,602 t compare
- 4 Poland 3.38 million t compare
- 5 India 2.63 million t compare
- 6 Italy 2.40 million t compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 404,595 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — production in Europe?
- Apples — production in Europe was 16.89 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 24.81 million t in 1982.
- What is the lowest apples — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.89 million t in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for apples — production?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Production. 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.