Cabbages — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Cabbages — Area harvested was 13,020 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cabbages — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cabbages — area harvested in Germany is 13,020 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Germany peaked at 30,553 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 11,960 ha, in 2023.
That places Germany 24th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,553 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,226 ha | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 28,798 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 26,506 ha | -8.0% |
| 1965 | 24,406 ha | -7.9% |
| 1966 | 29,767 ha | +22.0% |
| 1967 | 27,655 ha | -7.1% |
| 1968 | 24,492 ha | -11.4% |
| 1969 | 25,039 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 28,173 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 28,549 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 28,054 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 26,874 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 25,617 ha | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 24,040 ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 24,997 ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 27,643 ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 26,449 ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 25,923 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 24,663 ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 25,731 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 25,736 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 25,011 ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 27,050 ha | +8.2% |
| 1985 | 28,341 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 26,339 ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 25,104 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 26,177 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 25,281 ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 17,246 ha | -31.8% |
| 1991 | 17,636 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 18,232 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 17,661 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 16,992 ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 17,254 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 18,675 ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 17,093 ha | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 16,585 ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 16,739 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 16,192 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 14,939 ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 15,028 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 16,018 ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 16,034 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 14,432 ha | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 14,787 ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 14,797 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 15,573 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 14,867 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 14,471 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 14,826 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 14,076 ha | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 12,998 ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 13,391 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 12,962 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 13,339 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 13,991 ha | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 12,740 ha | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 13,100 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 13,250 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 12,770 ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 12,420 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 11,960 ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 13,020 ha | +8.9% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 13,020 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 875.5 ha, 14.9× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Germany's 13,020 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,680 ha, 7.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,271 ha | 24,406 ha | 30,553 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,632 ha | 24,040 ha | 28,549 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,943 ha | 24,663 ha | 28,341 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,411 ha | 16,585 ha | 18,675 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,267 ha | 14,432 ha | 16,192 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,589 ha | 12,740 ha | 14,826 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,684 ha | 11,960 ha | 13,250 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cabbages — area harvested in Germany?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Germany was 13,020 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 30,553 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,960 ha in 2023.
- How does Germany rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 24th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cabbages — 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.