Apples — Yield in Europe
Europe: Apples — Yield was 19,160 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — yield in Europe stood at 19,160 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Europe peaked at 19,961 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7,158 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Europe 13th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,772 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,683 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1963 | 11,433 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1964 | 11,876 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 10,471 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1966 | 11,370 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 12,655 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1968 | 11,096 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1969 | 12,097 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 9,472 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1971 | 9,197 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 7,963 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1973 | 10,012 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1974 | 8,550 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1975 | 9,659 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 9,682 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 8,959 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 9,533 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 10,150 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 10,181 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 9,319 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1982 | 12,318 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1983 | 11,406 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 11,530 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 8,494 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1986 | 10,280 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1987 | 7,788 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1988 | 9,447 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1989 | 9,327 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 8,686 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 7,158 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 10,341 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 1993 | 10,707 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 8,122 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1995 | 8,188 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 9,757 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1997 | 10,280 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 9,198 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1999 | 9,219 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 11,023 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2001 | 10,425 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 10,244 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 11,213 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 12,199 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 11,266 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 12,060 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 11,911 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 14,545 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2009 | 15,125 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 13,674 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 14,661 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 14,575 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 15,867 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 17,914 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 17,254 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 17,541 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 15,070 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 19,961 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 2019 | 17,965 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 18,559 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 19,157 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 19,272 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 19,401 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 19,160 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,495 kg/ha | 9,772 kg/ha | 12,683 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,318 kg/ha | 7,963 kg/ha | 10,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,009 kg/ha | 7,788 kg/ha | 12,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,166 kg/ha | 7,158 kg/ha | 10,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,001 kg/ha | 10,244 kg/ha | 15,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,448 kg/ha | 13,674 kg/ha | 19,961 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,110 kg/ha | 18,559 kg/ha | 19,401 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 10 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 36,952 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 35,719 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
- 15 Brazil 30,177 kg/ha compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 29,511 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Europe?
- Apples — yield in Europe was 19,160 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 19,961 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,158 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Europe rank for apples — yield?
- Europe ranks 13th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.