Cabbages — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Cabbages — Area harvested was 22,090 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cabbages — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cabbages — area harvested in Italy stood at 22,090 ha.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 54.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Italy peaked at 46,305 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 13,485 ha, in 2016.
That places Italy 14th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,305 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45,652 ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 45,860 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 45,609 ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 44,607 ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 44,557 ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 44,903 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 44,111 ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 41,744 ha | -5.4% |
| 1970 | 41,153 ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 36,075 ha | -12.3% |
| 1972 | 34,107 ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 31,973 ha | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 31,012 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 30,300 ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 29,305 ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 28,657 ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 28,488 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 26,923 ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 26,875 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 26,591 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 26,457 ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 28,252 ha | +6.8% |
| 1984 | 28,014 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 26,799 ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 25,928 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 26,095 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 26,828 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 26,177 ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 26,296 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 24,746 ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 25,378 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 25,415 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 24,524 ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 23,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 23,213 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 23,614 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 24,605 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 25,850 ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 24,759 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 24,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 24,622 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 24,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 17,248 ha | -28.1% |
| 2005 | 18,530 ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 17,717 ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 17,636 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 17,104 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 17,375 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 17,824 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 16,732 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 15,665 ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 15,615 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 14,288 ha | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 14,631 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 13,485 ha | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 13,851 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 24,080 ha | +73.9% |
| 2019 | 23,980 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 21,480 ha | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 21,640 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 21,710 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 21,400 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 22,090 ha | +3.2% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 22,090 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 875.5 ha, 25.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Italy's 22,090 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,680 ha, 13.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — Area harvested in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +73.9% | 13,851 ha | 24,080 ha |
| 2004 | -28.1% | 24,000 ha | 17,248 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,816 ha | 41,744 ha | 46,305 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,799 ha | 26,923 ha | 41,153 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,802 ha | 25,928 ha | 28,252 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,664 ha | 23,000 ha | 26,296 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,299 ha | 17,104 ha | 24,759 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,015 ha | 13,485 ha | 24,080 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,664 ha | 21,400 ha | 22,090 ha | 5 |
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- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,189 ha compare
- 15 Bangladesh 21,607 ha compare
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- 16 Angola 21,544 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 229 ha compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cabbages — area harvested in Italy?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Italy was 22,090 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 46,305 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,485 ha in 2016.
- How does Italy rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 14th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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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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.