Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 6,470 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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, green — area harvested in Italy stood at 6,470 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Italy peaked at 26,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 6,470 ha, in 2024.
Italy ranks 11th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1963 | 24,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 23,584 ha | -5.7% |
| 1966 | 22,896 ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 22,264 ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 21,460 ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 21,130 ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 20,317 ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 19,297 ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 18,722 ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 16,991 ha | -9.2% |
| 1974 | 18,280 ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 18,895 ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 18,957 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 18,611 ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 19,891 ha | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 19,473 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 19,816 ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 20,188 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 19,822 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 19,570 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 19,178 ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 18,833 ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 17,494 ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 18,848 ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 17,368 ha | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 17,313 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 16,564 ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 17,492 ha | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 15,595 ha | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 15,915 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 13,677 ha | -14.1% |
| 1995 | 14,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 14,209 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 13,553 ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 13,475 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 12,552 ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 11,998 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 10,831 ha | -9.7% |
| 2002 | 10,767 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 9,736 ha | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 9,683 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 9,484 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 9,694 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 9,547 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 9,792 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 8,563 ha | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 8,950 ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 7,474 ha | -16.5% |
| 2012 | 6,515 ha | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 9,235 ha | +41.7% |
| 2014 | 8,484 ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 7,914 ha | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 7,592 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 7,553 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 7,990 ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 7,620 ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 7,370 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 7,350 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 7,210 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 7,020 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 6,470 ha | -7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,148 ha | 21,130 ha | 26,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,943 ha | 16,991 ha | 20,317 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,843 ha | 17,313 ha | 20,188 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,703 ha | 12,552 ha | 17,492 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,010 ha | 8,563 ha | 11,998 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,933 ha | 6,515 ha | 9,235 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,084 ha | 6,470 ha | 7,370 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Italy?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Italy was 6,470 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 26,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,470 ha in 2024.
- How does Italy rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 11th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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, green — 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.