Asparagus — Area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg
Belgium-Luxembourg: Asparagus — Area harvested was 135 ha in 1999. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg, 1961–1999
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg is 135 ha, measured in 1999.
The figure is down 32.5% on the previous year and down 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg peaked at 605 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 81 ha, in 1983.
Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 33rd of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 605 ha | — |
| 1962 | 591 ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 574 ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 513 ha | -10.6% |
| 1965 | 425 ha | -17.2% |
| 1966 | 365 ha | -14.1% |
| 1967 | 286 ha | -21.6% |
| 1968 | 238 ha | -16.8% |
| 1969 | 221 ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 220 ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 202 ha | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 187 ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 186 ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 182 ha | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 171 ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 200 ha | +17.0% |
| 1977 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 160 ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 140 ha | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 130 ha | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 84 ha | -35.4% |
| 1983 | 81 ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 150 ha | +85.2% |
| 1985 | 170 ha | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1991 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | -42.9% |
| 1997 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 135 ha | -32.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 424.22 ha | 221 ha | 605 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 183.8 ha | 150 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 153.5 ha | 81 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 268.5 ha | 135 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg was 135 ha in 1999, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 605 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 81 ha in 1983.
- How does Belgium-Luxembourg rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 33rd out of 50 countries with data for 1999.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium-Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — 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.