Bees — Stocks in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Bees — Stocks was 10.36 million No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 10.36 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 2.6% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Southern Europe peaked at 10.36 million No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.87 million No, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 14th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.87 million No | — |
| 1962 | 3.30 million No | +14.8% |
| 1963 | 3.31 million No | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 3.42 million No | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 3.35 million No | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 3.26 million No | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 3.34 million No | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 3.44 million No | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 3.45 million No | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 3.44 million No | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 3.49 million No | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 3.50 million No | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 3.39 million No | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 3.47 million No | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 3.55 million No | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 3.54 million No | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 3.63 million No | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 3.76 million No | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 3.84 million No | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 3.95 million No | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 4.28 million No | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 4.27 million No | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 4.39 million No | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 4.48 million No | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 4.69 million No | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 4.73 million No | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 5.02 million No | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 4.66 million No | -7.2% |
| 1989 | 4.48 million No | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 4.60 million No | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 4.70 million No | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 4.88 million No | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 4.92 million No | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 4.82 million No | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 4.70 million No | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 4.90 million No | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 4.96 million No | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 5.09 million No | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 5.34 million No | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 5.47 million No | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 5.68 million No | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 5.60 million No | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 5.76 million No | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 6.03 million No | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 6.05 million No | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 6.10 million No | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 6.22 million No | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 6.45 million No | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 6.42 million No | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 6.64 million No | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 6.80 million No | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 7.31 million No | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 7.45 million No | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 7.81 million No | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 8.19 million No | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 8.49 million No | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 8.78 million No | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 9.16 million No | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 9.76 million No | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 10.12 million No | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 9.94 million No | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 10.12 million No | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 10.10 million No | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 10.36 million No | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.31 million No | 2.87 million No | 3.45 million No | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.56 million No | 3.39 million No | 3.84 million No | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.50 million No | 3.95 million No | 5.02 million No | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.89 million No | 4.60 million No | 5.34 million No | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.98 million No | 5.47 million No | 6.45 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.04 million No | 6.64 million No | 9.76 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.13 million No | 9.94 million No | 10.36 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 11 Poland 2.35 million No compare
- 11 Melanesia 23,282 No compare
- 12 Mexico 2.14 million No compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 20,000 No compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 2.13 million No compare
- 13 Polynesia 14,535 No compare
- 14 Greece 2.02 million No compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,415 No compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 No compare
- 15 Kenya 1.87 million No compare
- 16 France 1.79 million No compare
- 17 Central African Republic 1.67 million No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -8.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -16.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -18.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 12.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 6.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 6.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in Southern Europe?
- Bees — stocks in Southern Europe was 10.36 million No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 10.36 million No in 2024.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.87 million No in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for bees — stocks?
- Southern Europe ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.