Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 15,040 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 15,040 ha for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Italy peaked at 40,827 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 14,720 ha, in 2023.
Italy ranks 11th of 97 countries on this measure, 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,448 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,255 ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 36,222 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 36,819 ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 36,651 ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 38,374 ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 39,453 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 40,026 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 40,827 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 39,620 ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 34,469 ha | -13.0% |
| 1972 | 32,902 ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 31,363 ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 30,122 ha | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 29,284 ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 28,731 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 29,074 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 28,421 ha | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 27,402 ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 26,143 ha | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 25,311 ha | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 24,029 ha | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 22,945 ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 20,339 ha | -11.4% |
| 1985 | 20,224 ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 20,519 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 20,615 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 22,506 ha | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 20,236 ha | -10.1% |
| 1990 | 19,405 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 22,663 ha | +16.8% |
| 1992 | 23,220 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 22,098 ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 23,943 ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 23,991 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 25,359 ha | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 26,390 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 25,154 ha | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 26,038 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 24,827 ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 23,887 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 24,229 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 24,035 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 17,946 ha | -25.3% |
| 2005 | 18,150 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 18,093 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 18,352 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 20,647 ha | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 17,320 ha | -16.1% |
| 2010 | 17,867 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 17,637 ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 17,098 ha | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 15,657 ha | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 16,377 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 15,624 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 16,259 ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 15,956 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 15,860 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 15,670 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 15,510 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 15,130 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 14,730 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 14,720 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 15,040 ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,675 ha | 35,255 ha | 40,827 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,139 ha | 27,402 ha | 39,620 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,287 ha | 20,224 ha | 26,143 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,826 ha | 19,405 ha | 26,390 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,749 ha | 17,320 ha | 24,827 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,400 ha | 15,624 ha | 17,867 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,026 ha | 14,720 ha | 15,510 ha | 5 |
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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)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Italy?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Italy was 15,040 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 40,827 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,720 ha in 2023.
- How does Italy rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 11th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 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.