Asparagus — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Asparagus — Area harvested was 61,725 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 61,725 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Europe peaked at 64,736 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 43,061 ha, in 1961.
Europe ranks 4th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,061 ha | — |
| 1962 | 44,880 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 46,769 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 48,608 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 46,994 ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 48,258 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 49,016 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 44,802 ha | -8.6% |
| 1969 | 46,120 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 44,756 ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 44,456 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 44,255 ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 44,833 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 46,447 ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 46,157 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 45,971 ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 45,146 ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 45,450 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 46,101 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 44,803 ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 45,623 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 45,268 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 46,607 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 49,381 ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 49,867 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 53,418 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 54,989 ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 58,574 ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 61,717 ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 64,736 ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 62,789 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 61,218 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 59,845 ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 58,488 ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 58,081 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 61,160 ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 56,499 ha | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 56,621 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 56,116 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 55,038 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 55,476 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 55,622 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 55,496 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 55,739 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 57,227 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 57,554 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 55,512 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 52,600 ha | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 52,739 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 52,658 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 53,255 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 53,077 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 52,425 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 53,036 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 54,749 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 58,291 ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 61,362 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 63,227 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 62,068 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 63,794 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 63,433 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 61,285 ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 60,159 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 61,725 ha | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,501 ha | 43,061 ha | 49,016 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,357 ha | 44,255 ha | 46,447 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 51,025 ha | 44,803 ha | 61,717 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,555 ha | 56,116 ha | 64,736 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,300 ha | 52,600 ha | 57,554 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,415 ha | 52,425 ha | 63,227 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,079 ha | 60,159 ha | 63,794 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Europe?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Europe was 61,725 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 64,736 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,061 ha in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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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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.