Asparagus — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Asparagus — Yield was 4,500 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Asparagus — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 4,500 kg/ha for asparagus — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 26.7% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — yield in Belgium peaked at 9,905 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4,500 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Belgium 24th out of 49 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Asparagus — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9,234 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 5,714 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 2002 | 6,711 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2003 | 6,250 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 6,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7,234 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2007 | 7,051 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 7,018 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 8,621 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2010 | 8,400 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 9,905 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2012 | 8,667 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 7,650 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 9,000 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2015 | 8,389 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 8,267 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 8,232 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 8,215 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 8,197 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 7,258 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2021 | 8,152 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 7,106 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2023 | 6,136 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2024 | 4,500 kg/ha | -26.7% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 4,500 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,226 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 4,500 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,200 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,983 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha | 9,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,492 kg/ha | 7,650 kg/ha | 9,905 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,630 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 8,152 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 21 China, Taiwan Province of 4,916 kg/ha compare
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 4,736 kg/ha compare
- 23 Canada 4,583 kg/ha compare
- 24 Luxembourg 4,500 kg/ha compare
- 26 Spain 4,302 kg/ha compare
- 27 South Africa 4,249 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — yield in Belgium?
- Asparagus — yield in Belgium was 4,500 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 9,905 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest asparagus — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for asparagus — yield?
- Belgium ranks 24th out of 49 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — Yield. 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.