Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 8,926 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Western 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 Western Europe stood at 8,926 ha.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 235.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 10,601 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,570 ha, in 2003.
Western Europe ranks 17th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,613 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,068 ha | +12.6% |
| 1963 | 4,115 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 3,421 ha | -16.9% |
| 1965 | 3,083 ha | -9.9% |
| 1966 | 3,164 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 4,027 ha | +27.3% |
| 1968 | 4,134 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 4,339 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 4,192 ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 4,369 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 4,202 ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 4,204 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,990 ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 4,247 ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 4,406 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 4,088 ha | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 4,103 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 3,802 ha | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 3,575 ha | -6.0% |
| 1981 | 3,292 ha | -7.9% |
| 1982 | 3,169 ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 3,058 ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 3,072 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 3,219 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 3,331 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 2,291 ha | -31.2% |
| 1988 | 2,339 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 2,193 ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 2,317 ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 2,961 ha | +27.8% |
| 1992 | 2,846 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 2,340 ha | -17.8% |
| 1994 | 2,295 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 2,519 ha | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 2,640 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 3,042 ha | +15.2% |
| 1998 | 2,637 ha | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 2,473 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 1,895 ha | -23.4% |
| 2001 | 2,036 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 2,361 ha | +16.0% |
| 2003 | 1,570 ha | -33.5% |
| 2004 | 2,166 ha | +38.0% |
| 2005 | 2,179 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 2,226 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 2,293 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 2,881 ha | +25.6% |
| 2009 | 2,930 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 3,292 ha | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 3,743 ha | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 2,805 ha | -25.1% |
| 2013 | 2,787 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 2,657 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 2,945 ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 3,109 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 3,076 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 8,556 ha | +178.2% |
| 2019 | 8,741 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 7,792 ha | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 10,601 ha | +36.0% |
| 2022 | 9,301 ha | -12.3% |
| 2023 | 8,528 ha | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 8,926 ha | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,774 ha | 3,083 ha | 4,339 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,160 ha | 3,802 ha | 4,406 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,954 ha | 2,193 ha | 3,575 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,607 ha | 2,295 ha | 3,042 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,254 ha | 1,570 ha | 2,930 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,171 ha | 2,657 ha | 8,741 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,030 ha | 7,792 ha | 10,601 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Western Europe was 8,926 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 10,601 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,570 ha in 2003.
- How does Western Europe rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 17th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 235.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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, 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.