Bees — Stocks in Portugal
Portugal: Bees — Stocks was 678,000 No in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Bees — Stocks in Portugal, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 678,000 No for bees — stocks in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and up 203.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Portugal peaked at 799,000 No in 2019 and was at its lowest, 163,863 No, in 2007.
That places Portugal 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bees — Stocks in Portugal, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 200,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 210,000 No | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 210,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 210,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 210,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 210,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 210,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 215,000 No | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 215,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 218,000 No | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 220,000 No | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 220,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 220,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 220,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 225,000 No | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 225,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 228,000 No | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 230,000 No | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 230,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 230,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 235,000 No | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 235,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 238,000 No | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 240,000 No | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 240,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 240,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 240,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 240,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 240,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 294,930 No | +22.9% |
| 1994 | 258,741 No | -12.3% |
| 1995 | 244,298 No | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 241,389 No | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 239,457 No | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 251,830 No | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 285,230 No | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 251,949 No | -11.7% |
| 2001 | 246,333 No | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 236,908 No | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 228,471 No | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 216,717 No | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 188,479 No | -13.0% |
| 2006 | 196,527 No | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 163,863 No | -16.6% |
| 2008 | 194,297 No | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 195,596 No | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 202,436 No | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 205,127 No | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 207,391 No | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 223,390 No | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 305,943 No | +37.0% |
| 2015 | 412,657 No | +34.9% |
| 2016 | 523,542 No | +26.9% |
| 2017 | 661,805 No | +26.4% |
| 2018 | 768,000 No | +16.0% |
| 2019 | 799,000 No | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 754,000 No | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 758,000 No | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 710,000 No | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 678,000 No | -4.5% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 678,000 No is above the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 2.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 678,000 No is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 342,000 No, 2.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +37.0% | 223,390 No | 305,943 No |
| 2015 | +34.9% | 305,943 No | 412,657 No |
| 2016 | +26.9% | 412,657 No | 523,542 No |
| 2017 | +26.4% | 523,542 No | 661,805 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 205,556 No | 200,000 No | 210,000 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 218,800 No | 210,000 No | 225,000 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 234,600 No | 228,000 No | 240,000 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 253,588 No | 239,457 No | 294,930 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 211,914 No | 163,863 No | 251,949 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 430,929 No | 202,436 No | 799,000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 725,000 No | 678,000 No | 758,000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in Portugal?
- Bees — stocks in Portugal was 678,000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 799,000 No in 2019.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,863 No in 2007.
- How does Portugal rank for bees — stocks?
- Portugal ranks 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 203.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.