Bees — Stocks in Europe
Europe: Bees — Stocks was 25.44 million No in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bees — Stocks in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Europe recorded 25.44 million No for bees — stocks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Europe peaked at 25.44 million No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.55 million No, in 2000.
That places Europe 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Europe, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21.10 million No | — |
| 1962 | 21.18 million No | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 21.76 million No | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 21.16 million No | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 20.97 million No | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 21.21 million No | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 21.47 million No | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 21.55 million No | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 21.66 million No | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 21.11 million No | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 21.44 million No | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 21.28 million No | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 21.67 million No | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 21.07 million No | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 21.06 million No | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 20.66 million No | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 20.84 million No | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 21.94 million No | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 21.73 million No | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 21.42 million No | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 21.73 million No | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 21.83 million No | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 22.05 million No | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 22.40 million No | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 23.00 million No | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 23.24 million No | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 23.47 million No | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 22.40 million No | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 22.69 million No | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 22.47 million No | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 21.74 million No | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 18.25 million No | -16.0% |
| 1993 | 17.73 million No | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 16.75 million No | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 16.37 million No | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 16.20 million No | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 15.64 million No | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 15.57 million No | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 15.57 million No | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15.55 million No | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 15.79 million No | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 15.81 million No | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 15.83 million No | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 16.00 million No | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 16.21 million No | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 16.55 million No | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 16.47 million No | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 16.72 million No | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 16.46 million No | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 16.85 million No | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 17.28 million No | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 18.11 million No | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 18.27 million No | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 19.01 million No | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 19.66 million No | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 20.23 million No | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 20.63 million No | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 22.34 million No | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 23.29 million No | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 24.45 million No | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 24.71 million No | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 24.93 million No | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 25.06 million No | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 25.44 million No | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.34 million No | 20.97 million No | 21.76 million No | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.28 million No | 20.66 million No | 21.94 million No | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.42 million No | 21.42 million No | 23.47 million No | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.63 million No | 15.57 million No | 22.47 million No | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.14 million No | 15.55 million No | 16.72 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.57 million No | 16.85 million No | 23.29 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.92 million No | 24.45 million No | 25.44 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.598 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.5624 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.6691 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -6.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in Europe?
- Bees — stocks in Europe was 25.44 million No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 25.44 million No in 2024.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.55 million No in 2000.
- How does Europe rank for bees — stocks?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.