Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 63,259 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Southern Europe stood at 63,259 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 65,360 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 33,949 ha, in 1984.
That places Southern Europe 7th out of 28 groups 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.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,808 ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,354 ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 49,637 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 50,051 ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 49,397 ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 51,292 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 52,172 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 52,923 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 53,664 ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 49,718 ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 44,879 ha | -9.7% |
| 1972 | 42,002 ha | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 41,586 ha | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 41,630 ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 40,187 ha | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 39,533 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 41,082 ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 40,988 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 39,837 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 39,033 ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 38,182 ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 37,392 ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 36,370 ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 33,949 ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 34,651 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 35,599 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 36,395 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 38,986 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 37,921 ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 38,151 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 41,511 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 42,888 ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 41,543 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 44,089 ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 44,650 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 48,615 ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 50,202 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 52,754 ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 55,806 ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 55,614 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 53,515 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 56,398 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 57,910 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 50,882 ha | -12.1% |
| 2005 | 50,938 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 50,972 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 51,521 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 53,337 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 48,388 ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 57,237 ha | +18.3% |
| 2011 | 59,531 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 57,166 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 56,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 57,663 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 55,507 ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 58,689 ha | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 63,154 ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 64,002 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 62,664 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 65,360 ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 64,447 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 61,753 ha | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 60,997 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 63,259 ha | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,700 ha | 48,354 ha | 53,664 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,144 ha | 39,533 ha | 49,718 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,848 ha | 33,949 ha | 39,033 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,021 ha | 38,151 ha | 55,806 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,948 ha | 48,388 ha | 57,910 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,211 ha | 55,507 ha | 64,002 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,163 ha | 60,997 ha | 65,360 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Southern Europe was 63,259 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 65,360 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,949 ha in 1984.
- How does Southern Europe rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 7th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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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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.