Asparagus — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Asparagus — Area harvested was 9,320 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 9,320 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.1% on the previous year and up 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Italy peaked at 9,320 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,931 ha, in 1983.
That places Italy 7th out of 50 countries 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,400 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 5,200 ha | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 5,808 ha | +11.7% |
| 1965 | 5,724 ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 5,827 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 6,426 ha | +10.3% |
| 1968 | 6,855 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 6,935 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 7,130 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 7,495 ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 7,049 ha | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 6,664 ha | -5.5% |
| 1974 | 6,735 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 6,602 ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 6,587 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 5,611 ha | -14.8% |
| 1978 | 5,651 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 5,332 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 5,501 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 5,617 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 5,014 ha | -10.7% |
| 1983 | 4,931 ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 5,299 ha | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 5,158 ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 5,363 ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 5,375 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 6,009 ha | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 5,774 ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 6,046 ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 5,793 ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 5,860 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 5,688 ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 5,580 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 6,520 ha | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 6,500 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 6,615 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 6,800 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 5,470 ha | -19.6% |
| 2000 | 5,516 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 6,146 ha | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 6,359 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 6,315 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 6,403 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 6,442 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 6,371 ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 6,588 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 5,615 ha | -14.8% |
| 2009 | 6,607 ha | +17.7% |
| 2010 | 6,307 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 5,226 ha | -17.1% |
| 2012 | 6,010 ha | +15.0% |
| 2013 | 5,560 ha | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 6,313 ha | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 6,397 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 6,476 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 6,687 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 6,860 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 7,160 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 7,400 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 7,450 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 7,460 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 7,220 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 9,320 ha | +29.1% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 9,320 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 267 ha, 34.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Italy's 9,320 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 210 ha, 44.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — Area harvested in Italy changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +29.1% | 7,220 ha | 9,320 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,919 ha | 5,100 ha | 6,935 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,486 ha | 5,332 ha | 7,495 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,404 ha | 4,931 ha | 6,009 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,087 ha | 5,470 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,236 ha | 5,516 ha | 6,607 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,300 ha | 5,226 ha | 7,160 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,770 ha | 7,220 ha | 9,320 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Italy?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Italy was 9,320 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 9,320 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,931 ha in 1983.
- How does Italy rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 7th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.