Apples — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Apples — Yield was 35,719 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — yield in Belgium stood at 35,719 kg/ha.
The figure is down 13.8% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Belgium peaked at 61,288 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 13,990 kg/ha, in 2017.
Belgium ranks 11th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 61,288 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 38,250 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 2002 | 40,535 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 37,987 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 42,873 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 36,512 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2006 | 41,570 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 42,118 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 41,358 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 40,338 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 44,499 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 29,464 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 2012 | 31,042 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 32,239 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 44,845 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 2015 | 41,400 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 36,704 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 13,990 kg/ha | -61.9% |
| 2018 | 38,614 kg/ha | +176.0% |
| 2019 | 41,772 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 30,662 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2021 | 46,680 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 2022 | 45,621 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 41,431 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 35,719 kg/ha | -13.8% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 35,719 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 35,719 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +176.0% | 13,990 kg/ha | 38,614 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42,283 kg/ha | 36,512 kg/ha | 61,288 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,457 kg/ha | 13,990 kg/ha | 44,845 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,023 kg/ha | 30,662 kg/ha | 46,680 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 8 Israel 39,784 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 3,843 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,809 kg/ha compare
- 9 France 37,226 kg/ha compare
- 10 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 36,952 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33,409 kg/ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 30,998 kg/ha compare
- 14 Ireland 30,972 kg/ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 19,015 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Belgium?
- Apples — yield in Belgium was 35,719 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 61,288 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,990 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Belgium rank for apples — yield?
- Belgium ranks 11th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. 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.