Bees — Stocks in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Bees — Stocks was 637,181 No in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
637,181 No
Change on year
down 1.4%
Rank
27th
of 32 groups
All-time high
646,213 No
in 2023
All-time low
80,103 No
in 1988
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Bees — Stocks in Northern Europe, 1961–2024

0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.

Analysis

The most recent figure for bees — stocks in Northern Europe is 637,181 No, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 66.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Northern Europe peaked at 646,213 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 80,103 No, in 1988.

That places Northern Europe 27th out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 359,111 No 311,800 No 440,800 No 9
1970s 369,174 No 282,760 No 408,750 No 10
1980s 357,488 No 80,103 No 434,000 No 10
1990s 338,290 No 143,705 No 616,700 No 10
2000s 301,220 No 269,400 No 324,500 No 10
2010s 403,348 No 284,780 No 608,156 No 10
2020s 633,599 No 621,900 No 646,213 No 5

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 24 Brazil 1.04 million No compare
  2. 25 Australia and New Zealand 1.03 million No compare
  3. 26 Germany 1.01 million No compare
  4. 27 Czechoslovakia 903,600 No compare
  5. 28 Bulgaria 817,000 No compare
  6. 29 Canada 745,945 No compare
  7. 30 Uzbekistan 742,489 No compare

See the full ranking of 162 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is bees — stocks in Northern Europe?
Bees — stocks in Northern Europe was 637,181 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Northern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 646,213 No in 2023.
What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 80,103 No in 1988.
How does Northern Europe rank for bees — stocks?
Northern Europe ranks 27th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Northern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 66.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern 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

Indicator
Bees — Stocks
Unit
No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
162 places, 8,968 data points, 1961–2024
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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.