Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested was 152,560 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 152,560 ha for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 45.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 173,044 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 32,949 ha, in 1977.
Western Europe ranks 14th of 24 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.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 78,158 ha | — |
| 1962 | 83,311 ha | +6.6% |
| 1963 | 77,254 ha | -7.3% |
| 1964 | 79,735 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 74,717 ha | -6.3% |
| 1966 | 74,450 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 74,678 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 67,820 ha | -9.2% |
| 1969 | 64,640 ha | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 54,084 ha | -16.3% |
| 1971 | 53,843 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 40,056 ha | -25.6% |
| 1973 | 44,824 ha | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 49,728 ha | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 47,021 ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 41,871 ha | -11.0% |
| 1977 | 32,949 ha | -21.3% |
| 1978 | 35,088 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 34,875 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 34,090 ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 39,651 ha | +16.3% |
| 1982 | 54,092 ha | +36.4% |
| 1983 | 73,948 ha | +36.7% |
| 1984 | 97,648 ha | +32.0% |
| 1985 | 74,141 ha | -24.1% |
| 1986 | 90,949 ha | +22.7% |
| 1987 | 114,907 ha | +26.3% |
| 1988 | 131,740 ha | +14.6% |
| 1989 | 106,649 ha | -19.0% |
| 1990 | 77,712 ha | -27.1% |
| 1991 | 58,432 ha | -24.8% |
| 1992 | 48,006 ha | -17.8% |
| 1993 | 49,775 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 54,667 ha | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 45,530 ha | -16.7% |
| 1996 | 37,640 ha | -17.3% |
| 1997 | 41,672 ha | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 44,009 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 43,062 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 48,614 ha | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 70,491 ha | +45.0% |
| 2002 | 100,247 ha | +42.2% |
| 2003 | 103,412 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 98,958 ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 121,178 ha | +22.5% |
| 2006 | 98,584 ha | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 71,069 ha | -27.9% |
| 2008 | 76,429 ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 104,107 ha | +36.2% |
| 2010 | 173,044 ha | +66.2% |
| 2011 | 116,079 ha | -32.9% |
| 2012 | 84,310 ha | -27.4% |
| 2013 | 91,992 ha | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 104,690 ha | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 136,914 ha | +30.8% |
| 2016 | 129,246 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 136,430 ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 124,373 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 123,042 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 146,267 ha | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 147,572 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 149,959 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 150,632 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 152,560 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,974 ha | 64,640 ha | 83,311 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,434 ha | 32,949 ha | 54,084 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 81,782 ha | 34,090 ha | 131,740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,050 ha | 37,640 ha | 77,712 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 89,309 ha | 48,614 ha | 121,178 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 122,012 ha | 84,310 ha | 173,044 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 149,398 ha | 146,267 ha | 152,560 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Western Europe was 152,560 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 173,044 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,949 ha in 1977.
- How does Western Europe rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.7%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, dry — 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.