Artichokes — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Artichokes — Area harvested was 36,370 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Artichokes — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for artichokes — area harvested in Italy is 36,370 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artichokes — area harvested in Italy peaked at 63,742 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 35,593 ha, in 2012.
That places Italy 1st out of 36 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Artichokes — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 47,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 49,208 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 55,450 ha | +12.7% |
| 1966 | 59,607 ha | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 62,482 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 61,443 ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 62,218 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 63,379 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 63,742 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 62,299 ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 59,094 ha | -5.1% |
| 1974 | 57,546 ha | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 53,730 ha | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 52,685 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 51,738 ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 52,359 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 51,154 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 53,433 ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 53,341 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 51,429 ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 50,656 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 51,696 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 49,113 ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 49,839 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 49,111 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 48,002 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 47,864 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 48,172 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 48,833 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 49,032 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 49,198 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 51,602 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 51,273 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 49,480 ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 47,429 ha | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 51,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 50,955 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 50,283 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 49,324 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 50,524 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 49,898 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 50,071 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 50,127 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 50,383 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 50,120 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 49,952 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 50,694 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 50,321 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 49,577 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 35,593 ha | -28.2% |
| 2013 | 46,954 ha | +31.9% |
| 2014 | 46,440 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 41,299 ha | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 43,838 ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 40,482 ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 40,180 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 39,420 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 38,160 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 38,450 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 38,170 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 37,910 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 36,370 ha | -4.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Artichokes — Area harvested in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +31.9% | 35,593 ha | 46,954 ha |
| 2012 | -28.2% | 49,577 ha | 35,593 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,601 ha | 46,000 ha | 62,482 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 56,773 ha | 51,154 ha | 63,742 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,448 ha | 47,864 ha | 53,433 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,697 ha | 47,429 ha | 51,602 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,138 ha | 49,324 ha | 50,694 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,410 ha | 35,593 ha | 50,321 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,812 ha | 36,370 ha | 38,450 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 2 Egypt 23,349 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,623 ha compare
- 3 China 12,407 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 12,407 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 959 ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 309 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 artichokes — area harvested in Italy?
- Artichokes — area harvested in Italy was 36,370 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artichokes — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 63,742 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest artichokes — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,593 ha in 2012.
- How does Italy rank for artichokes — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 1st out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artichokes — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artichokes — Area harvested. 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.