Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 11,826 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Europe stood at 11,826 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 55,300 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 11,826 ha, in 2024.
Southern Europe ranks 16th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,800 ha | +14.0% |
| 1963 | 47,200 ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 55,300 ha | +17.2% |
| 1965 | 51,984 ha | -6.0% |
| 1966 | 51,929 ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 51,309 ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 52,682 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 48,020 ha | -8.8% |
| 1970 | 45,653 ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 39,517 ha | -13.4% |
| 1972 | 36,793 ha | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 40,586 ha | +10.3% |
| 1974 | 40,651 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 42,938 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 43,052 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 38,760 ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 40,948 ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 40,033 ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 40,264 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 40,624 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 41,179 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 41,054 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 42,069 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 41,537 ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 40,351 ha | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 42,171 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 39,818 ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 39,063 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 37,059 ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 38,128 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 34,222 ha | -10.2% |
| 1993 | 33,033 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 29,680 ha | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 29,001 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 26,880 ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 26,519 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 26,281 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 25,372 ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 25,725 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 23,925 ha | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 22,513 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 20,941 ha | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 22,406 ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 22,556 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 24,325 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 23,786 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 23,498 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 21,908 ha | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 21,726 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 19,312 ha | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 17,381 ha | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 18,757 ha | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 20,885 ha | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 20,436 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 20,307 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 16,844 ha | -17.1% |
| 2018 | 15,164 ha | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 15,216 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 14,716 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 14,845 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 14,356 ha | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 12,376 ha | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 11,826 ha | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,003 ha | 42,800 ha | 55,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,893 ha | 36,793 ha | 45,653 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,813 ha | 39,063 ha | 42,171 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,618 ha | 25,372 ha | 38,128 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,158 ha | 20,941 ha | 25,725 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,603 ha | 15,164 ha | 21,726 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,624 ha | 11,826 ha | 14,845 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Southern Europe was 11,826 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 55,300 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,826 ha in 2024.
- How does Southern Europe rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 16th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.