Asparagus — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Asparagus — Area harvested was 31,220 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 31,220 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 34,047 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 22,136 ha, in 1992.
That places Western Europe 8th 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,005 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,480 ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 32,943 ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 34,047 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 33,289 ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 33,908 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 33,753 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 28,783 ha | -14.7% |
| 1969 | 30,188 ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 27,387 ha | -9.3% |
| 1971 | 26,272 ha | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 25,992 ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 25,668 ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 25,158 ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 24,651 ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 24,260 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 24,475 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 24,675 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 24,958 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 23,121 ha | -7.4% |
| 1981 | 23,170 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 23,206 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 23,021 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 23,197 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 23,384 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 24,915 ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 24,154 ha | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 24,485 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 25,031 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 25,510 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 22,304 ha | -12.6% |
| 1992 | 22,136 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 22,386 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 22,475 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 22,657 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 23,348 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 23,169 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 23,411 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 22,727 ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 22,279 ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 23,434 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 24,262 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 24,937 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 25,588 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 27,170 ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 27,764 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 27,083 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 26,734 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 26,454 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 26,862 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 26,882 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 27,550 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 28,028 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 28,636 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 29,377 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 31,492 ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 32,754 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 32,863 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 32,696 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 33,428 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 33,539 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 32,394 ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 31,315 ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 31,220 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,044 ha | 28,783 ha | 34,047 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,350 ha | 24,260 ha | 27,387 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,768 ha | 23,021 ha | 25,031 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,012 ha | 22,136 ha | 25,510 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,570 ha | 22,279 ha | 27,764 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,714 ha | 26,862 ha | 32,863 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,379 ha | 31,220 ha | 33,539 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Western Europe was 31,220 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 34,047 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,136 ha in 1992.
- How does Western Europe rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 8th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.