Blueberries — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Blueberries — Area harvested was 33,645 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Blueberries — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, blueberries — area harvested in Europe stood at 33,645 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 134.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, blueberries — area harvested in Europe peaked at 33,645 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Blueberries — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,050 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 3,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 3,150 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 3,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 3,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 3,950 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 4,040 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 4,040 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,080 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 4,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,350 ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 2,962 ha | -31.9% |
| 1991 | 3,579 ha | +20.8% |
| 1992 | 7,479 ha | +109.0% |
| 1993 | 7,074 ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 8,114 ha | +14.7% |
| 1995 | 9,723 ha | +19.8% |
| 1996 | 10,458 ha | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 12,159 ha | +16.3% |
| 1998 | 13,433 ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 13,266 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 13,983 ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 14,079 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 12,051 ha | -14.4% |
| 2003 | 12,921 ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 11,577 ha | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 15,566 ha | +34.5% |
| 2006 | 14,714 ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 15,081 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 14,933 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 10,352 ha | -30.7% |
| 2010 | 12,124 ha | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 11,872 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 12,795 ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 13,456 ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 14,339 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 12,128 ha | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 14,997 ha | +23.7% |
| 2017 | 18,230 ha | +21.6% |
| 2018 | 22,996 ha | +26.1% |
| 2019 | 24,857 ha | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 27,059 ha | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 29,301 ha | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 30,571 ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 32,670 ha | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 33,645 ha | +3.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Blueberries — Area harvested in Europe 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 | +109.0% | 3,579 ha | 7,479 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,350 ha | 0 ha | 3,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,595 ha | 3,150 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,054 ha | 3,900 ha | 4,350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,825 ha | 2,962 ha | 13,433 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,526 ha | 10,352 ha | 15,566 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,779 ha | 11,872 ha | 24,857 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,649 ha | 27,059 ha | 33,645 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is blueberries — area harvested in Europe?
- Blueberries — area harvested in Europe was 33,645 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest blueberries — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 33,645 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest blueberries — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for blueberries — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 7th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is blueberries — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 134.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Blueberries — Area harvested. 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.