Bees — Stocks in Belgium
Belgium: Bees — Stocks was 33,314 No in 2017. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Belgium, 2000–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 33,314 No for bees — stocks in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Belgium peaked at 33,314 No in 2017 and was at its lowest, 29,000 No, in 2000.
Belgium ranks 97th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Belgium, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 29,000 No | — |
| 2001 | 29,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 29,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 29,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 29,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 29,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 29,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 29,500 No | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 29,500 No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 30,000 No | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 30,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 31,000 No | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 31,500 No | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 31,500 No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 32,000 No | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 32,329 No | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 32,877 No | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 33,314 No | +1.3% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 33,314 No is below the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 12% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 33,314 No is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 342,000 No, 10% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29,200 No | 29,000 No | 30,000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,815 No | 30,000 No | 33,314 No | 8 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
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 bees — stocks in Belgium?
- Bees — stocks in Belgium was 33,314 No in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 33,314 No in 2017.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,000 No in 2000.
- How does Belgium rank for bees — stocks?
- Belgium ranks 97th out of 120 countries with data for 2017.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bees — Stocks. 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.