Asparagus — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Asparagus — Area harvested was 640 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, asparagus — area harvested in Belgium stood at 640 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 660 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 128 ha, in 2000.
That places Belgium 23rd out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 128 ha | — |
| 2001 | 140 ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 149 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 160 ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 141 ha | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 156 ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 171 ha | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 174 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 200 ha | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 2013 | 366 ha | +22.0% |
| 2014 | 400 ha | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 478 ha | +19.5% |
| 2016 | 573 ha | +19.9% |
| 2017 | 587 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 650 ha | +10.7% |
| 2019 | 660 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 620 ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 660 ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 660 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 660 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 640 ha | -3.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 640 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 267 ha, 2.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 640 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 210 ha, 3.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 153.9 ha | 128 ha | 174 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 441.4 ha | 200 ha | 660 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 648 ha | 620 ha | 660 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 20 Hungary 1,000 ha compare
- 21 Austria 760 ha compare
- 22 Ecuador 654 ha compare
- 24 China, Taiwan Province of 521 ha compare
- 25 Switzerland 450 ha compare
- 26 New Zealand 324 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Belgium?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Belgium was 640 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 660 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 128 ha in 2000.
- How does Belgium rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 23rd out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium 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.