Asparagus — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Asparagus — Area harvested was 24,472 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, asparagus — area harvested in Southern Europe stood at 24,472 ha.
That represents a change of up 8.2% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 39,093 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 7,700 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Europe 10th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,600 ha | +11.7% |
| 1963 | 9,600 ha | +11.6% |
| 1964 | 10,608 ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 10,724 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 11,627 ha | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 12,726 ha | +9.5% |
| 1968 | 13,555 ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 14,235 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 15,630 ha | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 16,595 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 16,649 ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 17,664 ha | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 19,735 ha | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 20,102 ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 20,087 ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 19,411 ha | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 19,311 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 19,692 ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 20,601 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 21,317 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 21,314 ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 22,831 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 25,399 ha | +11.2% |
| 1985 | 25,457 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 27,363 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 29,539 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 32,909 ha | +11.4% |
| 1989 | 34,774 ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 37,976 ha | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 39,093 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 37,860 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 36,093 ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 33,646 ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 32,683 ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 34,871 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 30,056 ha | -13.8% |
| 1998 | 29,067 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 28,927 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 28,534 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 27,645 ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 27,119 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 26,218 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 25,448 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 24,836 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 23,297 ha | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 22,588 ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 20,399 ha | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 21,379 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 20,800 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 20,440 ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 19,861 ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 18,686 ha | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 18,376 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 19,824 ha | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 21,134 ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 22,752 ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 23,832 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 22,800 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 24,204 ha | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 23,612 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 22,952 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 22,623 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 24,472 ha | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,042 ha | 7,700 ha | 14,235 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,488 ha | 15,630 ha | 20,102 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,150 ha | 20,601 ha | 34,774 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,027 ha | 28,927 ha | 39,093 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,746 ha | 20,399 ha | 28,534 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,850 ha | 18,376 ha | 23,832 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,573 ha | 22,623 ha | 24,472 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Southern Europe was 24,472 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 39,093 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 10th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.