Cereals, primary — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Cereals, primary — Production was 257.54 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 257.54 million t for cereals, primary — production in 2024.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in European Union (27) peaked at 309.34 million t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 119.12 million t, in 1961.
European Union (27) ranks 11th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 119.12 million t | — |
| 1962 | 128.40 million t | +7.8% |
| 1963 | 127.94 million t | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 133.13 million t | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 139.32 million t | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 138.29 million t | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 154.37 million t | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 158.27 million t | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 159.78 million t | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 149.70 million t | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 176.93 million t | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 181.93 million t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 182.61 million t | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 190.15 million t | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 179.89 million t | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 179.45 million t | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 184.77 million t | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 205.67 million t | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 194.69 million t | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 209.50 million t | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 196.73 million t | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 215.93 million t | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 204.61 million t | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 245.10 million t | +19.8% |
| 1985 | 229.90 million t | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 225.45 million t | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 223.60 million t | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 234.71 million t | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 238.18 million t | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 231.81 million t | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 246.59 million t | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 214.94 million t | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 231.86 million t | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 231.55 million t | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 238.18 million t | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 255.78 million t | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 271.39 million t | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 269.62 million t | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 257.16 million t | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 256.04 million t | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 268.75 million t | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 269.37 million t | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 232.62 million t | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 306.27 million t | +31.7% |
| 2005 | 269.83 million t | -11.9% |
| 2006 | 252.22 million t | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 246.39 million t | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 296.19 million t | +20.2% |
| 2009 | 280.52 million t | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 263.42 million t | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 273.33 million t | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 265.40 million t | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 289.48 million t | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 309.34 million t | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 293.92 million t | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 280.78 million t | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 288.82 million t | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 273.94 million t | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 299.27 million t | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 285.53 million t | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 297.51 million t | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 270.75 million t | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 271.52 million t | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 257.54 million t | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 139.85 million t | 119.12 million t | 159.78 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 182.58 million t | 149.70 million t | 205.67 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 222.37 million t | 196.73 million t | 245.10 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 244.89 million t | 214.94 million t | 271.39 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 267.82 million t | 232.62 million t | 306.27 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 283.77 million t | 263.42 million t | 309.34 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 276.57 million t | 257.54 million t | 297.51 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.89 million t compare
- 8 Indonesia 68.28 million t compare
- 9 Bangladesh 66.35 million t compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.39 million t compare
- 10 Canada 63.66 million t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 4.33 million t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.27 million t compare
- 11 Pakistan 55.93 million t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.74 million t compare
- 12 Ukraine 55.65 million t compare
- 13 France 53.55 million t compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.49 million t compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 53.45 million t compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 9.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in European Union (27)?
- Cereals, primary — production in European Union (27) was 257.54 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 309.34 million t in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 119.12 million t in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for cereals, primary — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Production. 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.