Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 35,921 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe is 35,921 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 63,516 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 33,020 ha, in 2022.
That places Western Europe 12th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,291 ha | — |
| 1962 | 37,841 ha | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 39,273 ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 40,710 ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 33,638 ha | -17.4% |
| 1966 | 36,158 ha | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 42,510 ha | +17.6% |
| 1968 | 42,041 ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 42,657 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 44,217 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 44,571 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 44,286 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 45,911 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 47,192 ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 49,483 ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 47,997 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 46,635 ha | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 50,751 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 53,022 ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 52,808 ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 53,474 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 56,012 ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 57,055 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 58,537 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 62,533 ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 63,134 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 62,406 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 60,737 ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 63,516 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 59,175 ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 60,094 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 61,701 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 60,614 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 60,435 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 58,330 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 54,557 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 52,474 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 51,928 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 49,909 ha | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 46,179 ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 45,758 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 47,115 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 47,663 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 46,221 ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 44,001 ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 44,895 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 43,231 ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 43,910 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 42,989 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 40,048 ha | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 39,663 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 39,041 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 36,299 ha | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 36,333 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 35,957 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 35,750 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 37,677 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 37,712 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 35,755 ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 36,339 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 35,954 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 33,020 ha | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 34,439 ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 35,921 ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,347 ha | 33,638 ha | 42,657 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,406 ha | 44,217 ha | 53,022 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,021 ha | 52,808 ha | 63,516 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,922 ha | 49,909 ha | 61,701 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,196 ha | 42,989 ha | 47,663 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,424 ha | 35,750 ha | 40,048 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,135 ha | 33,020 ha | 36,339 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Western Europe was 35,921 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 63,516 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,020 ha in 2022.
- How does Western Europe rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 12th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.