Avocados — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Avocados — Area harvested was 27,135 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 27,135 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 130.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Europe peaked at 27,135 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1964.
Europe ranks 14th of 27 groups 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.
Avocados — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 30 ha | -14.3% |
| 1965 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 52 ha | +30.0% |
| 1967 | 62 ha | +19.2% |
| 1968 | 42 ha | -32.3% |
| 1969 | 63 ha | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 40 ha | -36.5% |
| 1971 | 54 ha | +35.0% |
| 1972 | 108 ha | +100.0% |
| 1973 | 150 ha | +38.9% |
| 1974 | 235 ha | +56.7% |
| 1975 | 335 ha | +42.6% |
| 1976 | 485 ha | +44.8% |
| 1977 | 595 ha | +22.7% |
| 1978 | 648 ha | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 850 ha | +31.2% |
| 1980 | 910 ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 1,650 ha | +81.3% |
| 1982 | 2,150 ha | +30.3% |
| 1983 | 2,650 ha | +23.3% |
| 1984 | 3,166 ha | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 3,965 ha | +25.2% |
| 1986 | 4,252 ha | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 4,425 ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 5,689 ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 6,386 ha | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 18,067 ha | +182.9% |
| 1991 | 18,570 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 18,337 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 18,671 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 18,223 ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 8,337 ha | -54.3% |
| 1996 | 7,877 ha | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 8,762 ha | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 8,329 ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 8,417 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 9,515 ha | +13.0% |
| 2001 | 9,130 ha | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 9,512 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 10,292 ha | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 10,341 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 10,851 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 10,778 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 10,887 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 10,862 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 10,850 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 11,384 ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 11,480 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 11,593 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 11,757 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 11,766 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 12,241 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 12,291 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 12,662 ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 13,425 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 17,704 ha | +31.9% |
| 2020 | 19,724 ha | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 22,994 ha | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 25,175 ha | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 26,735 ha | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 27,135 ha | +1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Area harvested in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +182.9% | 6,386 ha | 18,067 ha |
| 1972 | +100.0% | 54 ha | 108 ha |
| 1981 | +81.3% | 910 ha | 1,650 ha |
| 1995 | -54.3% | 18,223 ha | 8,337 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43.78 ha | 30 ha | 63 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 350 ha | 40 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,524 ha | 910 ha | 6,386 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,359 ha | 7,877 ha | 18,671 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,302 ha | 9,130 ha | 10,887 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,630 ha | 11,384 ha | 17,704 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,353 ha | 19,724 ha | 27,135 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
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Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Europe?
- Avocados — area harvested in Europe was 27,135 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 27,135 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1964.
- How does Europe rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 130.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — 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.