Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Italy
Italy: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield was 24,388 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Italy is 24,388 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Italy peaked at 24,733 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 13,666 kg/ha, in 1962.
Italy ranks 12th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,520 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,666 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1963 | 18,494 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1964 | 18,591 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 18,894 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 17,650 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 18,143 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 18,758 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 18,507 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 18,791 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 19,249 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 19,929 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 19,619 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 19,939 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 19,929 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 19,623 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 18,807 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 16,541 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1979 | 17,710 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 17,530 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 17,972 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 17,550 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 18,340 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 15,222 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1985 | 17,321 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 19,582 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 20,834 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 20,417 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 20,389 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 19,325 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 20,500 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 20,742 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 20,136 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 19,901 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 19,627 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 18,758 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 18,715 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 20,910 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 19,385 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 20,866 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 19,324 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 18,664 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 20,173 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 23,052 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 23,728 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 22,281 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 22,372 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 20,163 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 22,843 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 23,922 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 23,870 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 24,222 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 24,375 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 24,733 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 24,704 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 23,881 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 23,287 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 23,211 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 23,494 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 23,556 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 23,776 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 23,902 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 24,130 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 24,388 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 24,388 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 13,150 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Italy's 24,388 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,066 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +35.3% | 13,666 kg/ha | 18,494 kg/ha |
| 1962 | -26.2% | 18,520 kg/ha | 13,666 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,914 kg/ha | 13,666 kg/ha | 18,894 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,014 kg/ha | 16,541 kg/ha | 19,939 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,516 kg/ha | 15,222 kg/ha | 20,834 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,800 kg/ha | 18,715 kg/ha | 20,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,346 kg/ha | 18,664 kg/ha | 23,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,970 kg/ha | 23,211 kg/ha | 24,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,951 kg/ha | 23,556 kg/ha | 24,388 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Italy?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Italy was 24,388 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 24,733 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,666 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Italy rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — yield?
- Italy ranks 12th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.