Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg
Belgium-Luxembourg: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 300,668 ha in 1999. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg, 1961–1999
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belgium-Luxembourg recorded 300,668 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 1999. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.0% on the previous year and down 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg peaked at 550,260 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 300,668 ha, in 1999.
Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 108th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 528,292 ha | — |
| 1962 | 522,291 ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 498,118 ha | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 499,021 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 517,591 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 550,260 ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 534,118 ha | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 528,850 ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 521,931 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 507,091 ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 502,217 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 506,973 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 491,124 ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 467,671 ha | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 442,933 ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 459,560 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 446,311 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 446,037 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 444,496 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 430,392 ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 403,244 ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 398,492 ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 404,149 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 401,084 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 383,992 ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 387,092 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 376,564 ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 385,381 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 385,422 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 368,230 ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 347,798 ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 346,774 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 344,213 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 322,923 ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 318,535 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 310,909 ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 316,305 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 345,751 ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 300,668 ha | -13.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 522,275 ha | 498,118 ha | 550,260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 471,441 ha | 442,933 ha | 507,091 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 395,581 ha | 376,564 ha | 430,392 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 332,211 ha | 300,668 ha | 368,230 ha | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg was 300,668 ha in 1999, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 550,260 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 300,668 ha in 1999.
- How does Belgium-Luxembourg rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 108th out of 178 countries with data for 1999.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium-Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.