Beans, dry — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 123 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 123 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2017.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 400 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 91 ha, in 2008.
That places Belgium 115th out of 129 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 400 ha | — |
| 2001 | 100 ha | -75.0% |
| 2002 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 203 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 205 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 150 ha | -26.8% |
| 2006 | 154 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 107 ha | -30.5% |
| 2008 | 91 ha | -15.0% |
| 2009 | 142 ha | +56.0% |
| 2010 | 200 ha | +40.8% |
| 2011 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 131 ha | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 133 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 129 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 125 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 126 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 123 ha | -2.4% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 123 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,547 ha, 3% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 123 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,547 ha, 3% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +100.0% | 100 ha | 200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 175.2 ha | 91 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 139.62 ha | 123 ha | 200 ha | 8 |
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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 beans, dry — area harvested in Belgium?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Belgium was 123 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 400 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 91 ha in 2008.
- How does Belgium rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 115th out of 129 countries with data for 2017.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.