Apricots — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Apricots — Area harvested was 17,020 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apricots — area harvested in Italy stood at 17,020 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Italy peaked at 19,595 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 12,000 ha, in 1965.
That places Italy 10th out of 80 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12,400 ha | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 12,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,700 ha | +13.1% |
| 1969 | 15,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 15,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 14,600 ha | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 14,700 ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 14,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 14,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 13,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 13,600 ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 13,500 ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 13,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,800 ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 12,700 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 13,714 ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 13,892 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 14,470 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 13,711 ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 14,134 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 13,624 ha | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 13,892 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 14,042 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 14,328 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 13,309 ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 13,335 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 13,824 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 14,187 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 14,410 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 14,787 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 14,969 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 15,150 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 15,340 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 15,343 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 15,314 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 15,633 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 15,551 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 17,318 ha | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 17,708 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 16,308 ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 17,370 ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 18,033 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 19,543 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 19,595 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 19,186 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 18,999 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 19,093 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 18,718 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 17,370 ha | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 17,363 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 17,810 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 17,910 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 17,810 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 17,740 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 17,450 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 17,360 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 17,020 ha | -2.0% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 17,020 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 57.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Italy's 17,020 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 830 ha, 20.5× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,267 ha | 12,000 ha | 15,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,140 ha | 13,000 ha | 15,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,594 ha | 12,700 ha | 14,470 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,234 ha | 13,309 ha | 15,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,392 ha | 15,314 ha | 18,033 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,559 ha | 17,363 ha | 19,595 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,476 ha | 17,020 ha | 17,810 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 7 Czechoslovakia 21,422 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 20,889 ha compare
- 9 Spain 17,300 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 14,096 ha compare
- 12 Japan 12,900 ha compare
- 13 Russian Federation 12,374 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 apricots — area harvested in Italy?
- Apricots — area harvested in Italy was 17,020 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 19,595 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Italy rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 10th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. 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 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.