Apples — Yield in Germany
Germany: Apples — Yield was 26,336 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Germany, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 26,336 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.4% on the previous year and down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Germany peaked at 35,465 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 15,679 kg/ha, in 1987.
Germany ranks 24th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 18,889 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 29,888 kg/ha | +58.2% |
| 1987 | 15,679 kg/ha | -47.5% |
| 1988 | 31,644 kg/ha | +101.8% |
| 1989 | 24,981 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1990 | 26,327 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 19,918 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1992 | 35,148 kg/ha | +76.5% |
| 1993 | 22,510 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 1994 | 24,162 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 15,881 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1996 | 24,124 kg/ha | +51.9% |
| 1997 | 21,358 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 27,296 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1999 | 28,941 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 25,094 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 25,414 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 26,906 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 26,249 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 30,290 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 27,564 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 29,154 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 33,733 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2008 | 32,924 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 33,655 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 26,241 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2011 | 28,425 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 30,733 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 25,398 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2014 | 35,465 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 2015 | 30,994 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 32,965 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 17,594 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 2018 | 35,271 kg/ha | +100.5% |
| 2019 | 29,178 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2020 | 30,115 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 29,565 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 32,346 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 28,427 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 26,336 kg/ha | -7.4% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 26,336 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Germany's 26,336 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24,216 kg/ha | 15,679 kg/ha | 31,644 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 24,567 kg/ha | 15,881 kg/ha | 35,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,098 kg/ha | 25,094 kg/ha | 33,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,226 kg/ha | 17,594 kg/ha | 35,465 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,358 kg/ha | 26,336 kg/ha | 32,346 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Germany?
- Apples — yield in Germany was 26,336 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 35,465 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,679 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Germany rank for apples — yield?
- Germany ranks 24th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.