Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 14,789 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — 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
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 14,789 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 19,500 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 9,955 ha, in 1965.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16th out of 133 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,938 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,436 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 13,152 ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 11,291 ha | -14.1% |
| 1965 | 9,955 ha | -11.8% |
| 1966 | 11,533 ha | +15.9% |
| 1967 | 12,303 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 14,487 ha | +17.8% |
| 1969 | 17,523 ha | +21.0% |
| 1970 | 16,309 ha | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 14,933 ha | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 13,354 ha | -10.6% |
| 1973 | 14,366 ha | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 12,950 ha | -9.9% |
| 1975 | 14,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 16,600 ha | +12.2% |
| 1977 | 19,500 ha | +17.5% |
| 1978 | 18,100 ha | -7.2% |
| 1979 | 15,700 ha | -13.3% |
| 1980 | 13,700 ha | -12.7% |
| 1981 | 14,600 ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 13,863 ha | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 13,128 ha | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 13,848 ha | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 14,060 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 14,837 ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 14,743 ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 15,784 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 15,638 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 16,091 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 17,498 ha | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 17,719 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 16,685 ha | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 16,762 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 14,800 ha | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 13,600 ha | -8.1% |
| 1997 | 15,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 14,800 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 16,300 ha | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 11,600 ha | -28.8% |
| 2001 | 13,300 ha | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 12,100 ha | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 12,710 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 12,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 12,570 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 10,621 ha | -15.5% |
| 2007 | 11,238 ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 11,028 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 11,262 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 11,548 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 11,135 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 10,859 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 11,117 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 11,132 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 10,975 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 14,198 ha | +29.4% |
| 2017 | 14,629 ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 14,061 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 14,132 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 14,176 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 14,244 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 14,468 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 14,906 ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 14,789 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,846 ha | 9,955 ha | 17,523 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,661 ha | 12,950 ha | 19,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,420 ha | 13,128 ha | 15,784 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,926 ha | 13,600 ha | 17,719 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,883 ha | 10,621 ha | 13,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,379 ha | 10,859 ha | 14,629 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,517 ha | 14,176 ha | 14,906 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 14,789 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 19,500 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,955 ha in 1965.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 16th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 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.