Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested was 53,350 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Italy stood at 53,350 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Italy peaked at 537,391 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 41,074 ha, in 2014.
That places Italy 15th out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 537,391 ha | — |
| 1962 | 526,420 ha | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 500,503 ha | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 457,741 ha | -8.5% |
| 1965 | 412,965 ha | -9.8% |
| 1966 | 402,789 ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 386,949 ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 374,580 ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 366,745 ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 355,170 ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 319,719 ha | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 284,269 ha | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 240,028 ha | -15.6% |
| 1974 | 222,084 ha | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 206,358 ha | -7.1% |
| 1976 | 199,787 ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 160,845 ha | -19.5% |
| 1978 | 177,766 ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 163,575 ha | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 161,134 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 157,941 ha | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 149,560 ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 150,449 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 143,102 ha | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 129,761 ha | -9.3% |
| 1986 | 120,120 ha | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 120,438 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 113,211 ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 111,242 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 104,045 ha | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 101,192 ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 88,828 ha | -12.2% |
| 1993 | 80,906 ha | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 69,443 ha | -14.2% |
| 1995 | 63,257 ha | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 49,073 ha | -22.4% |
| 1997 | 45,383 ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 46,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 47,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 47,841 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 46,938 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 41,387 ha | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 44,103 ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 44,117 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 48,507 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 44,617 ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 49,972 ha | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 54,310 ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 49,784 ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 52,108 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 43,800 ha | -15.9% |
| 2012 | 46,130 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 42,584 ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 41,074 ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 42,157 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 50,167 ha | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 51,135 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 56,830 ha | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 65,590 ha | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 67,520 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 62,470 ha | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 53,550 ha | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 49,760 ha | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 53,350 ha | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 440,676 ha | 366,745 ha | 537,391 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 232,960 ha | 160,845 ha | 355,170 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 135,696 ha | 111,242 ha | 161,134 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 69,513 ha | 45,383 ha | 104,045 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,158 ha | 41,387 ha | 54,310 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,158 ha | 41,074 ha | 65,590 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,330 ha | 49,760 ha | 67,520 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Italy?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Italy was 53,350 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 537,391 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,074 ha in 2014.
- How does Italy rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 15th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.