Apricots — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Apricots — Area harvested was 69,960 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 69,960 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 95,523 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 45,787 ha, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 8th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,787 ha | — |
| 1962 | 46,749 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 47,975 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 48,156 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 50,596 ha | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 52,727 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 49,472 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 55,076 ha | +11.3% |
| 1969 | 57,306 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 62,908 ha | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 60,055 ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 63,464 ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 64,113 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 64,308 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 64,556 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 63,063 ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 62,096 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 63,308 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 61,908 ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 61,228 ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 60,634 ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 61,141 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 63,044 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 61,037 ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 85,086 ha | +39.4% |
| 1986 | 79,452 ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 80,478 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 80,573 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 86,546 ha | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 82,838 ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 83,602 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 83,517 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 87,616 ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 85,326 ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 87,277 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 87,401 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 95,523 ha | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 86,466 ha | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 91,680 ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 87,117 ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 77,190 ha | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 76,512 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 78,492 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 76,736 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 76,218 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 74,319 ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 72,610 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 72,641 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 74,472 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 72,087 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 72,432 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 70,850 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 72,175 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 70,557 ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 70,981 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 71,539 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 72,830 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 72,580 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 73,220 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 76,150 ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 73,490 ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 72,110 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 70,440 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 69,960 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,427 ha | 45,787 ha | 57,306 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,978 ha | 60,055 ha | 64,556 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,922 ha | 60,634 ha | 86,546 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,125 ha | 82,838 ha | 95,523 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,631 ha | 72,610 ha | 87,117 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,925 ha | 70,557 ha | 73,220 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,430 ha | 69,960 ha | 76,150 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 5 China 23,679 ha compare
- 6 Afghanistan 23,132 ha compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 21,422 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 20,889 ha compare
- 9 Spain 17,300 ha compare
- 10 Italy 17,020 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 14,096 ha compare
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- Pulses, Total — Yield 2,075 kg/ha (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production 490,870 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight 14 kg/An (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 50.78 million t (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 36,697 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Apricots — area harvested in European Union (27) was 69,960 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 95,523 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,787 ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for apricots — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Apricots — Area harvested. 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.