Bees — Stocks in Italy
Italy: Bees — Stocks was 1.59 million No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Italy, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
In 2023, bees — stocks in Italy stood at 1.59 million No.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.2% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Italy peaked at 1.83 million No in 2022 and was at its lowest, 620,000 No, in 1961.
Italy ranks 18th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Italy, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 620,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 620,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 640,000 No | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 690,000 No | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 640,000 No | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 700,000 No | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 740,000 No | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 750,000 No | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 750,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 750,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 750,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 750,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 750,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 750,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 800,000 No | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 790,000 No | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 790,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 800,000 No | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 800,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 830,000 No | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 850,000 No | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 860,000 No | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 880,000 No | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 900,000 No | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 900,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 920,000 No | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 950,000 No | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 950,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 950,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.00 million No | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 1.05 million No | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 1.31 million No | +25.1% |
| 1993 | 1.20 million No | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 1.10 million No | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 1.00 million No | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 1.00 million No | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.00 million No | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1.00 million No | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.07 million No | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 1.08 million No | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.10 million No | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 1.11 million No | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 1.13 million No | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 1.15 million No | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 1.16 million No | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 1.18 million No | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1.20 million No | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1.25 million No | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 1.17 million No | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 1.21 million No | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1.24 million No | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1.28 million No | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.31 million No | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 1.35 million No | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 1.39 million No | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 1.43 million No | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 1.47 million No | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1.49 million No | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.61 million No | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 1.69 million No | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 1.72 million No | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.83 million No | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 1.59 million No | -13.2% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 1.59 million No is above the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 5.6× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Italy's 1.59 million No is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 342,000 No, 4.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +25.1% | 1.05 million No | 1.31 million No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 683,333 No | 620,000 No | 750,000 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 773,000 No | 750,000 No | 800,000 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 899,000 No | 830,000 No | 950,000 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million No | 1.00 million No | 1.31 million No | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.15 million No | 1.08 million No | 1.25 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.38 million No | 1.21 million No | 1.61 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.71 million No | 1.59 million No | 1.83 million No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in Italy?
- Bees — stocks in Italy was 1.59 million No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1.83 million No in 2022.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 620,000 No in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for bees — stocks?
- Italy ranks 18th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.