Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 910 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Belgium, 2018–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 910 ha for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.1% on the previous year and down 69.7% over ten years.
Belgium ranks 56th of 69 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 2019 | 3,260 ha | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 4,070 ha | +24.8% |
| 2021 | 5,080 ha | +24.8% |
| 2022 | 750 ha | -85.2% |
| 2023 | 850 ha | +13.3% |
| 2024 | 910 ha | +7.1% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 910 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,569 ha, 35% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 910 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,517 ha, 20% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,130 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,260 ha | 2 |
| 2020s | 2,332 ha | 750 ha | 5,080 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Belgium?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Belgium was 910 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 5,080 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 750 ha in 2022.
- How does Belgium rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 56th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — 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.