Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 7,129 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 7,129 ha for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 171.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 7,663 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,890 ha, in 2005.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 10th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 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 | 3,400 ha | -24.4% |
| 1982 | 3,649 ha | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 3,792 ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 3,923 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 3,913 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 2,804 ha | -28.3% |
| 1987 | 2,289 ha | -18.4% |
| 1988 | 2,937 ha | +28.3% |
| 1989 | 3,192 ha | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 3,178 ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 5,009 ha | +57.6% |
| 1992 | 3,557 ha | -29.0% |
| 1993 | 2,151 ha | -39.5% |
| 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 | 2,420 ha | +15.2% |
| 2004 | 2,150 ha | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 1,890 ha | -12.1% |
| 2006 | 1,902 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,982 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 2,029 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 2,506 ha | +23.5% |
| 2010 | 2,616 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 2,601 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 2,755 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 2,624 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 2,621 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 6,830 ha | +160.6% |
| 2017 | 6,419 ha | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 7,663 ha | +19.4% |
| 2019 | 6,971 ha | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 7,018 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 7,217 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 7,069 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 7,101 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 7,129 ha | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +160.6% | 2,621 ha | 6,830 ha |
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 | 3,440 ha | 2,289 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,767 ha | 2,000 ha | 5,009 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,136 ha | 1,890 ha | 2,506 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,390 ha | 2,601 ha | 7,663 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,107 ha | 7,018 ha | 7,217 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 7 China, Taiwan Province of 8,007 ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 ha compare
- 7 Micronesia 0 ha
- 8 France 7,610 ha compare
- 9 Morocco 7,450 ha compare
- 11 Italy 6,470 ha compare
- 12 Tunisia 5,998 ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 5,977 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 7,129 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 7,663 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,890 ha in 2005.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 10th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 171.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.