Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 39,367 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 39,367 ha for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 48.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 93,719 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 465 ha, in 1988.
Southern Europe ranks 16th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,603 ha | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 7,284 ha | -24.1% |
| 1964 | 7,138 ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 7,188 ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 7,138 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 6,567 ha | -8.0% |
| 1968 | 6,372 ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 5,002 ha | -21.5% |
| 1970 | 4,394 ha | -12.2% |
| 1971 | 1,723 ha | -60.8% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | -30.4% |
| 1973 | 1,303 ha | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 1,188 ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 847 ha | -28.7% |
| 1976 | 740 ha | -12.6% |
| 1977 | 779 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 623 ha | -20.0% |
| 1979 | 615 ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 770 ha | +25.2% |
| 1981 | 632 ha | -17.9% |
| 1982 | 1,566 ha | +147.8% |
| 1983 | 2,098 ha | +34.0% |
| 1984 | 3,339 ha | +59.2% |
| 1985 | 1,036 ha | -69.0% |
| 1986 | 796 ha | -23.2% |
| 1987 | 1,230 ha | +54.5% |
| 1988 | 465 ha | -62.2% |
| 1989 | 481 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 11,601 ha | +2311.9% |
| 1991 | 13,554 ha | +16.8% |
| 1992 | 16,569 ha | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 17,614 ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 18,284 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 19,782 ha | +8.2% |
| 1996 | 20,070 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 28,407 ha | +41.5% |
| 1998 | 26,091 ha | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 25,130 ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 27,049 ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 31,107 ha | +15.0% |
| 2002 | 33,112 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 35,846 ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 36,378 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 34,831 ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 45,291 ha | +30.0% |
| 2007 | 43,697 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 44,181 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 57,884 ha | +31.0% |
| 2010 | 65,436 ha | +13.0% |
| 2011 | 67,825 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 79,362 ha | +17.0% |
| 2013 | 86,412 ha | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 76,921 ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 93,719 ha | +21.8% |
| 2016 | 65,642 ha | -30.0% |
| 2017 | 64,060 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 52,452 ha | -18.1% |
| 2019 | 53,803 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 56,567 ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 52,067 ha | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 40,626 ha | -22.0% |
| 2023 | 40,388 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 39,367 ha | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,344 ha | 5,002 ha | 9,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,341 ha | 615 ha | 4,394 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,241 ha | 465 ha | 3,339 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,710 ha | 11,601 ha | 28,407 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,938 ha | 27,049 ha | 57,884 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,563 ha | 52,452 ha | 93,719 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,803 ha | 39,367 ha | 56,567 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 13 South Africa 25,155 ha compare
- 14 Italy 22,950 ha compare
- 15 Saudi Arabia 21,746 ha compare
- 16 Latvia 20,300 ha compare
- 17 Myanmar 19,337 ha compare
- 18 China (People’s Republic of) 18,448 ha compare
- 19 China, mainland 18,246 ha compare
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 45,919 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 10,020 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 452,640 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 103,293 t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,357 kg/An (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,042 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 4.19 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.05 million 1000 An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 13.39 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Europe was 39,367 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 93,719 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 465 ha in 1988.
- How does Southern Europe rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.