Asparagus — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Asparagus — Area harvested was 2,063 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, asparagus — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 2,063 ha.
The figure is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 2,492 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1976.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 14th of 50 countries on this measure, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 445 ha | — |
| 1962 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 486 ha | +9.2% |
| 1967 | 486 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 445 ha | -8.4% |
| 1969 | 405 ha | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 445 ha | +9.9% |
| 1971 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 400 ha | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 344 ha | +14.7% |
| 1981 | 412 ha | +19.8% |
| 1982 | 390 ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 437 ha | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 476 ha | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 618 ha | +29.8% |
| 1987 | 711 ha | +15.0% |
| 1988 | 633 ha | -11.0% |
| 1989 | 789 ha | +24.6% |
| 1990 | 691 ha | -12.4% |
| 1991 | 808 ha | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 721 ha | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 726 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 726 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | -17.4% |
| 1996 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1997 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 819 ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 780 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 810 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 790 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 788 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,150 ha | +45.9% |
| 2006 | 1,454 ha | +26.4% |
| 2007 | 1,415 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 1,435 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 1,580 ha | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 1,710 ha | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 1,970 ha | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 1,990 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2,050 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 2,145 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 2,247 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 2,342 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 2,479 ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 2,492 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,392 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 2,392 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,272 ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 2,129 ha | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 2,171 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 2,063 ha | -5.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +45.9% | 788 ha | 1,150 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 449.67 ha | 405 ha | 486 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 378 ha | 300 ha | 445 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 521 ha | 344 ha | 789 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 767.2 ha | 600 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,102 ha | 780 ha | 1,580 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,182 ha | 1,710 ha | 2,492 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,205 ha | 2,063 ha | 2,392 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Asparagus — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 2,063 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,492 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1976.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 14th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.