Apples — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Apples — Yield was 22,946 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 22,946 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Portugal peaked at 26,453 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,813 kg/ha, in 1977.
Portugal ranks 29th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,867 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1963 | 5,111 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 5,333 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 5,002 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 5,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,934 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 5,403 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 4,918 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1971 | 4,667 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 4,716 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 5,522 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1974 | 4,324 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1975 | 4,510 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 4,686 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 2,813 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1978 | 3,414 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1979 | 3,899 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 4,677 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 3,593 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1982 | 4,046 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1983 | 4,567 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 3,604 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1985 | 4,412 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1986 | 10,000 kg/ha | +126.6% |
| 1987 | 10,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 11,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 11,500 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 10,634 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 11,280 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 10,530 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 8,522 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1995 | 9,703 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1996 | 10,559 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 11,754 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 6,931 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1999 | 13,984 kg/ha | +101.8% |
| 2000 | 10,882 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2001 | 12,667 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 15,215 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2003 | 14,943 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 15,311 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 14,878 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 16,345 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 16,862 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 17,228 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 20,943 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2010 | 17,101 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2011 | 19,717 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2012 | 17,109 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2013 | 21,032 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2014 | 19,768 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 23,204 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2016 | 16,780 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2017 | 22,276 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2018 | 18,104 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2019 | 25,906 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 2020 | 19,992 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2021 | 26,453 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 2022 | 21,208 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2023 | 20,963 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 22,946 kg/ha | +9.5% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 22,946 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 22,946 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +126.6% | 4,412 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,924 kg/ha | 3,867 kg/ha | 5,403 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,347 kg/ha | 2,813 kg/ha | 5,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,640 kg/ha | 3,593 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,540 kg/ha | 6,931 kg/ha | 13,984 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,527 kg/ha | 10,882 kg/ha | 20,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,100 kg/ha | 16,780 kg/ha | 25,906 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,312 kg/ha | 19,992 kg/ha | 26,453 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Portugal?
- Apples — yield in Portugal was 22,946 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 26,453 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,813 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Portugal rank for apples — yield?
- Portugal ranks 29th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.