Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 6,330 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Germany is 6,330 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Germany peaked at 10,245 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 5,030 ha, in 2001.
That places Germany 19th out of 97 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.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,206 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,767 ha | -6.1% |
| 1963 | 7,363 ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 7,214 ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 6,935 ha | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 7,164 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 7,306 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 7,044 ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 6,877 ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 6,653 ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 7,409 ha | +11.4% |
| 1972 | 7,639 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 7,904 ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 7,734 ha | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 7,989 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 8,543 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 8,480 ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 8,852 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 9,119 ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 8,792 ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 8,868 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 8,816 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 8,798 ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 8,799 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 9,088 ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 9,201 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 8,863 ha | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 9,562 ha | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 10,245 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 8,189 ha | -20.1% |
| 1991 | 6,891 ha | -15.9% |
| 1992 | 6,337 ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 5,874 ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 6,195 ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 5,959 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 6,011 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 5,865 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 5,878 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 5,820 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 5,259 ha | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 5,030 ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 7,243 ha | +44.0% |
| 2003 | 7,660 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 7,740 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 7,176 ha | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 7,241 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 6,517 ha | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 7,033 ha | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 6,817 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 6,548 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 6,479 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 6,614 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 6,412 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 6,139 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 5,733 ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 5,463 ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 6,100 ha | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5,810 ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 5,800 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 5,710 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 6,010 ha | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 5,930 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 6,330 ha | +6.7% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 6,330 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 490 ha, 12.9× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Germany's 6,330 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 408.5 ha, 15.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +44.0% | 5,030 ha | 7,243 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,097 ha | 6,767 ha | 7,363 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,032 ha | 6,653 ha | 9,119 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,103 ha | 8,792 ha | 10,245 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,302 ha | 5,820 ha | 8,189 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,772 ha | 5,030 ha | 7,740 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,140 ha | 5,463 ha | 6,614 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,956 ha | 5,710 ha | 6,330 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 cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Germany?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Germany was 6,330 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 10,245 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,030 ha in 2001.
- How does Germany rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 19th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.