Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 108.59 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Europe stood at 108.59 million ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Europe peaked at 195.80 million ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 108.59 million ha, in 2024.
That places Europe 5th out of 38 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191.82 million ha | 188.81 million ha | 195.80 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 190.83 million ha | 184.89 million ha | 195.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 182.21 million ha | 172.94 million ha | 192.39 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 137.93 million ha | 115.25 million ha | 170.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 121.76 million ha | 114.06 million ha | 127.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 118.63 million ha | 109.30 million ha | 121.57 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 116.11 million ha | 108.59 million ha | 120.95 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 2 USSR 102.82 million ha compare
- 3 China, People's Republic of 100.58 million ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 100.29 million ha compare
- 5 Russian Federation 39.58 million ha compare
- 6 Brazil 27.78 million ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 19.58 million ha compare
- 8 Australia 19.46 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 41.59 million ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,912 g/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Europe?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Europe was 108.59 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 195.80 million ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 108.59 million ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 38 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.