Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in World
World: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 1.43 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in World, 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 World is 1.43 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in World peaked at 1.43 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 249,447 ha, in 1962.
World ranks 1st of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 251,868 ha | — |
| 1962 | 249,447 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 259,040 ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 274,203 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 266,302 ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 283,897 ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 296,434 ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 308,985 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 322,527 ha | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 330,611 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 329,143 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 334,851 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 346,235 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 357,073 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 361,411 ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 374,492 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 395,773 ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 415,273 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 431,853 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 450,350 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 468,548 ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 489,170 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 504,605 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 521,399 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 549,690 ha | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 564,055 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 591,209 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 599,920 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 621,744 ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 637,669 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 609,865 ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 633,564 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 641,229 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 710,528 ha | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 717,696 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 800,519 ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 814,476 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 799,558 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 823,920 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 849,030 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 859,771 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 909,956 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 944,348 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 969,849 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 955,828 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 1.03 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 1.06 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 1.08 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.13 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 1.15 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1.20 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 1.22 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 1.24 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.29 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 1.29 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.30 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.36 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 1.37 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.39 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.40 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1.40 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.41 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.41 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.43 million ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 279,189 ha | 249,447 ha | 322,527 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 367,672 ha | 329,143 ha | 431,853 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 536,069 ha | 450,350 ha | 621,744 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 718,902 ha | 609,865 ha | 823,920 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 978,963 ha | 849,030 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.28 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.41 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in World?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in World was 1.43 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 249,447 ha in 1962.
- How does World rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.