Apples — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Apples — Yield was 34,003 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — yield in Western Europe stood at 34,003 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Western Europe peaked at 85,706 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 21,920 kg/ha, in 1991.
Western Europe ranks 4th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,888 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,228 kg/ha | +88.6% |
| 1963 | 53,480 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1964 | 54,993 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 54,922 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 48,722 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1967 | 83,326 kg/ha | +71.0% |
| 1968 | 62,568 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1969 | 74,661 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1970 | 73,895 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 69,674 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1972 | 56,056 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1973 | 75,898 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1974 | 60,828 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1975 | 80,341 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1976 | 63,417 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1977 | 48,957 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1978 | 78,786 kg/ha | +60.9% |
| 1979 | 79,941 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 80,598 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 42,980 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1982 | 85,706 kg/ha | +99.4% |
| 1983 | 64,432 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1984 | 68,613 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 23,014 kg/ha | -66.5% |
| 1986 | 29,325 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1987 | 23,208 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1988 | 32,040 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1989 | 28,442 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1990 | 29,572 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 21,920 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1992 | 41,380 kg/ha | +88.8% |
| 1993 | 34,186 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1994 | 35,020 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 33,130 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 35,095 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 33,382 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 35,630 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 39,555 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 33,790 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 32,868 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 36,423 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 35,083 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 39,653 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 37,330 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 38,950 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 42,127 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 41,952 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 42,416 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 37,523 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 40,273 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 34,202 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2013 | 36,474 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 38,883 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 38,263 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 35,268 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 27,182 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2018 | 38,238 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 2019 | 34,504 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 33,030 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 32,073 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 34,968 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 33,469 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 34,003 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +99.4% | 42,980 kg/ha | 85,706 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,865 kg/ha | 39,888 kg/ha | 83,326 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 68,779 kg/ha | 48,957 kg/ha | 80,341 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,836 kg/ha | 23,014 kg/ha | 85,706 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,887 kg/ha | 21,920 kg/ha | 41,380 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,059 kg/ha | 32,868 kg/ha | 42,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,081 kg/ha | 27,182 kg/ha | 40,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,509 kg/ha | 32,073 kg/ha | 34,968 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 New Zealand 60,409 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 26,737 kg/ha compare
- 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
- 5 Italy 44,933 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Western Europe?
- Apples — yield in Western Europe was 34,003 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 85,706 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,920 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Western Europe rank for apples — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.