Asparagus — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Asparagus — Area harvested was 58,910 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — area harvested in European Union (27) is 58,910 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 64,045 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 42,616 ha, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,616 ha | — |
| 1962 | 44,435 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 46,324 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 48,163 ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 46,549 ha | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 47,772 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 48,530 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 44,357 ha | -8.6% |
| 1969 | 45,715 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 44,311 ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 44,011 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 43,810 ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 44,388 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 46,047 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 45,757 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 45,671 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 44,846 ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 45,150 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 45,801 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 44,459 ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 45,211 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 44,878 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 46,207 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 48,944 ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 49,391 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 52,800 ha | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 54,278 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 57,941 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 60,928 ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 64,045 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 61,981 ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 60,497 ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 59,119 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 57,762 ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 57,481 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 60,360 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 55,699 ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 55,721 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 55,216 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 54,219 ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 54,696 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 54,812 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 54,516 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 54,596 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 55,653 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 55,619 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 53,601 ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 50,663 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 50,651 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 50,400 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 50,653 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 50,451 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 49,749 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 50,230 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 51,804 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 55,235 ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 58,198 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 60,040 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 58,960 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 60,660 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 60,420 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 58,390 ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 57,230 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 58,910 ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,051 ha | 42,616 ha | 48,530 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,979 ha | 43,810 ha | 46,047 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,504 ha | 44,459 ha | 60,928 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,788 ha | 55,216 ha | 64,045 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,903 ha | 50,651 ha | 55,653 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,572 ha | 49,749 ha | 60,040 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,122 ha | 57,230 ha | 60,660 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Asparagus — area harvested in European Union (27) was 58,910 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 64,045 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,616 ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.