Cereals, primary — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 49.49 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in European Union (27) stood at 49.49 million ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 61.77 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 49.49 million ha, in 2024.
That places European Union (27) 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61.66 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 61.77 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 61.08 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 61.13 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 60.73 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 59.95 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 59.89 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 60.75 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 60.79 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 59.57 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 60.00 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 60.23 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 59.06 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 59.41 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 58.87 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 59.09 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 58.15 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 59.26 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 58.77 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 58.99 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 57.96 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 58.26 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 57.87 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 58.33 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 57.59 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 57.51 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 56.55 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 56.52 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 56.75 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 55.22 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 55.78 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 57.07 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 58.01 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 57.74 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 57.71 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 58.12 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 60.41 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 59.27 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 56.63 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 58.22 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 58.98 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 58.49 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 56.12 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 58.47 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 57.27 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 55.29 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 54.86 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 58.01 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 56.45 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 53.58 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 54.01 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 55.05 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 55.10 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 55.12 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 54.65 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 54.06 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 52.52 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 52.38 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 53.68 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 52.24 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 52.53 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 51.46 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 50.95 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 49.49 million ha | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60.86 million ha | 59.89 million ha | 61.77 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59.24 million ha | 58.15 million ha | 60.23 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 57.63 million ha | 56.52 million ha | 58.99 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.60 million ha | 55.22 million ha | 60.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.22 million ha | 54.86 million ha | 58.98 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.02 million ha | 52.38 million ha | 55.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.33 million ha | 49.49 million ha | 52.53 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in European Union (27) was 49.49 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 61.77 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.49 million ha in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.