Artichokes — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Artichokes — Area harvested was 3,670 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Artichokes — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 3,670 ha for artichokes — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.6% on the previous year and down 52.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artichokes — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 21,640 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 3,670 ha, in 2024.
That places Western Europe 11th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Artichokes — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,109 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,105 ha | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 21,530 ha | +12.7% |
| 1964 | 21,640 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 21,470 ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 19,860 ha | -7.5% |
| 1967 | 19,175 ha | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 16,208 ha | -15.5% |
| 1969 | 17,081 ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 17,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 16,755 ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 17,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 18,400 ha | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 17,600 ha | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 16,188 ha | -8.0% |
| 1976 | 17,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 14,693 ha | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 14,867 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 15,216 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 14,494 ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 14,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 14,500 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 14,200 ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 14,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 13,500 ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 14,315 ha | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 16,130 ha | +12.7% |
| 1990 | 15,068 ha | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 13,113 ha | -13.0% |
| 1992 | 12,318 ha | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 12,364 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 13,126 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 13,665 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 13,178 ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 13,645 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 13,324 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 12,841 ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 11,823 ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 11,208 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 11,062 ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 10,455 ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 10,258 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 10,181 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 9,994 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 9,746 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 9,489 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 9,072 ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 8,504 ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 7,826 ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 7,683 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 7,251 ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 7,709 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 7,695 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 7,474 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 6,247 ha | -16.4% |
| 2018 | 6,266 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 5,466 ha | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 4,926 ha | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 4,786 ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 4,716 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 4,106 ha | -12.9% |
| 2024 | 3,670 ha | -10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,575 ha | 16,208 ha | 21,640 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,472 ha | 14,693 ha | 18,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,324 ha | 13,000 ha | 16,130 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,264 ha | 12,318 ha | 15,068 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,329 ha | 9,072 ha | 11,823 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,212 ha | 5,466 ha | 8,504 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,441 ha | 3,670 ha | 4,926 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is artichokes — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Artichokes — area harvested in Western Europe was 3,670 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artichokes — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 21,640 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest artichokes — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,670 ha in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for artichokes — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 11th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artichokes — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.4%. 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 Artichokes — 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.