Beeswax — Production in Western Europe

Western Europe: Beeswax — Production was 478.42 t in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
478.42 t
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
26th
of 28 groups
All-time high
600 t
in 2000
All-time low
281 t
in 1993
Years of data
31
1987–2017

Beeswax — Production in Western Europe, 1987–2017

02004006001987200220171987: 400 t1988: 380 t1989: 360 t1990: 340 t1991: 338 t1992: 332 t1993: 281 t1994: 299 t1995: 342 t1996: 307 t1997: 315 t1998: 334 t1999: 386 t2000: 600 t2001: 500 t2002: 450 t2003: 450 t2004: 450 t2005: 450 t2006: 450 t2007: 450 t2008: 465 t2009: 480 t2010: 479.2 t2011: 485.2 t2012: 484.7 t2013: 471.7 t2014: 472.3 t2015: 479.4 t2016: 475.8 t2017: 478.4 t

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for beeswax — production in Western Europe is 478.42 t, measured in 2017.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beeswax — production in Western Europe peaked at 600 t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 281 t, in 1993.

That places Western Europe 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 380 t 360 t 400 t 3
1990s 327.4 t 281 t 386 t 10
2000s 474.5 t 450 t 600 t 10
2010s 478.34 t 471.73 t 485.2 t 8

Countries ranked near Western Europe

  1. 23 Portugal 324 t compare
  2. 24 Bulgaria 322.32 t compare
  3. 25 Cameroon 310.3 t compare
  4. 26 Czechia 301 t compare
  5. 27 New Zealand 298.54 t compare
  6. 28 Australia 254.45 t compare
  7. 29 Jamaica 254.39 t compare

See the full ranking of 86 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is beeswax — production in Western Europe?
Beeswax — production in Western Europe was 478.42 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beeswax — production recorded in Western Europe?
The highest recorded value was 600 t in 2000.
What is the lowest beeswax — production recorded in Western Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 281 t in 1993.
How does Western Europe rank for beeswax — production?
Western Europe ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2017.
Is beeswax — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Western Europe data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beeswax — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Beeswax — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
86 places, 5,053 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.