Bees — Stocks in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Bees — Stocks was 19.64 million No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bees — stocks in European Union (27) is 19.64 million No, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in European Union (27) peaked at 19.64 million No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.68 million No, in 1963.
That places European Union (27) 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.82 million No | — |
| 1962 | 8.83 million No | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 8.68 million No | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 8.74 million No | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 8.95 million No | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 9.06 million No | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 9.36 million No | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 9.42 million No | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 9.44 million No | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 9.16 million No | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 9.17 million No | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 8.95 million No | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 9.39 million No | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 8.90 million No | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 8.96 million No | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 8.99 million No | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 9.05 million No | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 10.28 million No | +13.6% |
| 1979 | 10.84 million No | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 10.84 million No | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 11.35 million No | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 11.53 million No | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 11.66 million No | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 12.18 million No | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 12.51 million No | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 12.34 million No | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 12.41 million No | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 11.65 million No | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 11.80 million No | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 11.42 million No | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 10.71 million No | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 11.71 million No | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 12.00 million No | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 11.43 million No | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 11.13 million No | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 11.15 million No | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 10.94 million No | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 11.04 million No | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 11.16 million No | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 11.22 million No | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 11.39 million No | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 11.42 million No | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 11.42 million No | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 11.54 million No | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 11.68 million No | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 12.02 million No | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 12.10 million No | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 12.27 million No | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 12.11 million No | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 12.35 million No | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 12.76 million No | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 13.02 million No | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 13.12 million No | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 13.76 million No | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 14.14 million No | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 14.67 million No | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 15.14 million No | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 16.91 million No | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 17.67 million No | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 18.83 million No | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 19.31 million No | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 19.49 million No | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 19.46 million No | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 19.64 million No | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.03 million No | 8.68 million No | 9.44 million No | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.37 million No | 8.90 million No | 10.84 million No | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.83 million No | 10.84 million No | 12.51 million No | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.27 million No | 10.71 million No | 12.00 million No | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.72 million No | 11.22 million No | 12.27 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.35 million No | 12.35 million No | 17.67 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.35 million No | 18.83 million No | 19.64 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 1 India 12.65 million No compare
- 2 China 9.54 million No compare
- 3 China, mainland 9.36 million No compare
- 3 Türkiye 8.96 million No compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7.26 million No compare
- 4 USSR 9.20 million No compare
- 5 Ethiopia 6.71 million No compare
- 6 Ethiopia PDR 3.95 million No compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 3.12 million No compare
- 7 Argentina 2.99 million No compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 532,545 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for European Union (27)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 9.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -12.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -13.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 10.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.6836 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.6379 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in European Union (27)?
- Bees — stocks in European Union (27) was 19.64 million No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 19.64 million No in 2024.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.68 million No in 1963.
- How does European Union (27) rank for bees — stocks?
- European Union (27) ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.