Apples — Yield in Italy
Italy: Apples — Yield was 44,933 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — yield in Italy is 44,933 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Italy peaked at 46,530 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 19,959 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Italy 5th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,697 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,821 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 22,248 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 22,378 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 20,288 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1966 | 23,353 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1967 | 20,083 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1968 | 19,959 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 24,423 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1970 | 26,436 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 22,392 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1972 | 24,248 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 27,333 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1974 | 24,687 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1975 | 28,061 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1976 | 29,356 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 25,363 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 26,649 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 28,456 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 27,826 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 24,987 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1982 | 36,813 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 1983 | 27,041 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1984 | 29,209 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 26,339 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1986 | 25,710 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 28,442 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 29,256 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 24,632 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1990 | 26,279 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 23,602 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 31,650 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1993 | 29,116 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 31,341 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 28,906 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 28,951 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 30,261 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 33,368 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 36,853 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 35,698 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 36,697 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 36,333 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 34,320 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 37,117 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 38,365 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 37,292 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 39,811 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 37,459 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 39,792 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 38,078 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 42,406 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 36,415 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2013 | 40,109 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 45,186 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 45,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 46,530 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 35,854 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2018 | 42,949 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2019 | 41,885 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 44,845 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 40,605 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 41,992 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 41,933 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 44,933 kg/ha | +7.2% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 44,933 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Italy's 44,933 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 3.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,583 kg/ha | 19,959 kg/ha | 24,423 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,298 kg/ha | 22,392 kg/ha | 29,356 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,026 kg/ha | 24,632 kg/ha | 36,813 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,033 kg/ha | 23,602 kg/ha | 36,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,288 kg/ha | 34,320 kg/ha | 39,811 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,462 kg/ha | 35,854 kg/ha | 46,530 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,862 kg/ha | 40,605 kg/ha | 44,933 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 2 Switzerland 59,025 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 51,975 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,474 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 51,790 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11,679 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Italy?
- Apples — yield in Italy was 44,933 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 46,530 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,959 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Italy rank for apples — yield?
- Italy ranks 5th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.