Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 7,179 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 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 Northern Europe stood at 7,179 ha.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 162.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 7,733 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,987 ha, in 2006.
That places Northern Europe 18th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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, green — Area harvested in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,600 ha | +24.3% |
| 1963 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 4,200 ha | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 3,157 ha | -24.8% |
| 1967 | 3,845 ha | +21.8% |
| 1968 | 3,925 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 3,197 ha | -18.5% |
| 1970 | 4,168 ha | +30.4% |
| 1971 | 4,735 ha | +13.6% |
| 1972 | 4,451 ha | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 3,642 ha | -18.2% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 5,200 ha | +36.8% |
| 1977 | 4,400 ha | -15.4% |
| 1978 | 6,100 ha | +38.6% |
| 1979 | 6,400 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | -29.7% |
| 1981 | 3,430 ha | -23.8% |
| 1982 | 3,679 ha | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 3,822 ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 3,953 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 3,943 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 2,834 ha | -28.1% |
| 1987 | 2,319 ha | -18.2% |
| 1988 | 2,967 ha | +27.9% |
| 1989 | 3,192 ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 3,178 ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 5,009 ha | +57.6% |
| 1992 | 3,587 ha | -28.4% |
| 1993 | 2,151 ha | -40.0% |
| 1994 | 2,471 ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 2,300 ha | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1998 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 2,100 ha | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 2,080 ha | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 2,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 2,569 ha | +22.3% |
| 2004 | 2,222 ha | -13.5% |
| 2005 | 2,014 ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 1,987 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 2,107 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 2,147 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 2,621 ha | +22.1% |
| 2010 | 2,790 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 2,741 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 2,926 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 2,881 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 2,732 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 2,621 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 6,830 ha | +160.6% |
| 2017 | 6,419 ha | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 7,733 ha | +20.5% |
| 2019 | 7,041 ha | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 7,088 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 7,277 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 7,129 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 7,151 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 7,179 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,003 ha | 3,157 ha | 4,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,640 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,464 ha | 2,319 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,770 ha | 2,000 ha | 5,009 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,215 ha | 1,987 ha | 2,621 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,471 ha | 2,621 ha | 7,733 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,165 ha | 7,088 ha | 7,277 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Northern Europe was 7,179 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 Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,733 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,987 ha in 2006.
- How does Northern Europe rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 18th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 162.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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, green — 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.