Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 13,790 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Germany stood at 13,790 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Germany peaked at 15,510 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 6,523 ha, in 1994.
That places Germany 17th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,931 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,507 ha | +19.9% |
| 1963 | 11,911 ha | +25.3% |
| 1964 | 9,590 ha | -19.5% |
| 1965 | 8,987 ha | -6.3% |
| 1966 | 9,425 ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 9,908 ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 10,276 ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 10,176 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 11,874 ha | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 11,005 ha | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 10,535 ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 10,859 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 10,192 ha | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 10,805 ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 10,884 ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 14,831 ha | +36.3% |
| 1978 | 12,839 ha | -13.4% |
| 1979 | 13,810 ha | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 13,021 ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 13,289 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 12,813 ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 13,051 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 14,349 ha | +9.9% |
| 1985 | 14,747 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 13,566 ha | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 13,289 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 13,937 ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 15,510 ha | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 11,725 ha | -24.4% |
| 1991 | 6,730 ha | -42.6% |
| 1992 | 7,058 ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 6,880 ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 6,523 ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 7,544 ha | +15.7% |
| 1996 | 8,045 ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 7,770 ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 8,378 ha | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 8,484 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 9,375 ha | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 8,879 ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 8,961 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 9,255 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 10,504 ha | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 9,858 ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 10,043 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 10,217 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 10,226 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 10,471 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 10,367 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 9,683 ha | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 10,150 ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 10,189 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 10,111 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 9,649 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 11,209 ha | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 12,545 ha | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 12,960 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 13,730 ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 13,790 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 14,920 ha | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 13,610 ha | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 13,490 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 13,790 ha | +2.2% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 13,790 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 910 ha, 15.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Germany's 13,790 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,625 ha, 8.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,746 ha | 7,931 ha | 11,911 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,763 ha | 10,192 ha | 14,831 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,757 ha | 12,813 ha | 15,510 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,914 ha | 6,523 ha | 11,725 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,779 ha | 8,879 ha | 10,504 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,059 ha | 9,649 ha | 13,730 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,920 ha | 13,490 ha | 14,920 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Germany?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Germany was 13,790 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 15,510 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,523 ha in 1994.
- How does Germany rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 17th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — 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.