Apples — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Apples — Yield was 24,893 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Yield in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — yield in European Union (27) stood at 24,893 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 53,999 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 14,254 kg/ha, in 1991.
European Union (27) ranks 9th of 25 groups 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 — Yield in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,788 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 37,577 kg/ha | +45.7% |
| 1963 | 32,900 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1964 | 33,457 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 29,028 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1966 | 33,201 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1967 | 42,259 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1968 | 36,890 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1969 | 44,341 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1970 | 41,517 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 38,190 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1972 | 33,575 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1973 | 41,349 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1974 | 34,415 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1975 | 41,814 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1976 | 39,689 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 33,560 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1978 | 41,940 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 45,755 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 44,439 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 34,658 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1982 | 53,999 kg/ha | +55.8% |
| 1983 | 45,263 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1984 | 47,031 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 16,382 kg/ha | -65.2% |
| 1986 | 20,727 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1987 | 17,355 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1988 | 20,964 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1989 | 19,527 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 19,302 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 14,254 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1992 | 19,077 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 1993 | 18,864 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 16,170 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 15,688 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 17,790 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1997 | 18,067 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 16,892 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 18,514 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 19,350 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 18,805 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 19,153 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 19,333 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 20,680 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 18,879 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 20,561 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 18,408 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2008 | 21,945 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 22,227 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 19,755 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 21,090 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 19,436 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 21,023 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 24,024 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 23,353 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 23,398 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 18,538 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2018 | 26,286 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 2019 | 23,591 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 24,444 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 25,187 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 26,228 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 25,543 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 24,893 kg/ha | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,049 kg/ha | 25,788 kg/ha | 44,341 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,180 kg/ha | 33,560 kg/ha | 45,755 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,034 kg/ha | 16,382 kg/ha | 53,999 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,462 kg/ha | 14,254 kg/ha | 19,302 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,934 kg/ha | 18,408 kg/ha | 22,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,049 kg/ha | 18,538 kg/ha | 26,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,259 kg/ha | 24,444 kg/ha | 26,228 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 6 Republic of Moldova 10,844 kg/ha compare
- 6 South Africa 42,688 kg/ha compare
- 7 Libya 42,292 kg/ha compare
- 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
- 11 Belgium 35,719 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33,409 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in European Union (27)?
- Apples — yield in European Union (27) was 24,893 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 53,999 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,254 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does European Union (27) rank for apples — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 9th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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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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.