Cereals, primary — Production in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Cereals, primary — Production was 53.97 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
53.97 million t
Change on year
up 10.5%
Rank
13th
of 38 groups
All-time high
70.75 million t
in 2004
All-time low
34.49 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals, primary — Production in Southern Europe, 1961–2024

020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Southern Europe recorded 53.97 million t for cereals, primary — production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.5% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Southern Europe peaked at 70.75 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 34.49 million t, in 1961.

That places Southern Europe 13th out of 38 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 40.51 million t 34.49 million t 45.88 million t 9
1970s 50.12 million t 43.65 million t 54.30 million t 10
1980s 60.41 million t 52.64 million t 67.04 million t 10
1990s 58.83 million t 52.14 million t 66.38 million t 10
2000s 61.47 million t 54.96 million t 70.75 million t 10
2010s 59.86 million t 50.08 million t 65.50 million t 10
2020s 57.25 million t 48.85 million t 67.61 million t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 10 Canada 63.66 million t compare
  2. 11 Pakistan 55.93 million t compare
  3. 12 Ukraine 55.65 million t compare
  4. 13 France 53.55 million t compare
  5. 14 Australia and New Zealand 53.45 million t compare
  6. 15 Australia 52.35 million t compare
  7. 16 Germany 38.98 million t compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals, primary — production in Southern Europe?
Cereals, primary — production in Southern Europe was 53.97 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Southern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 70.75 million t in 2004.
What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 34.49 million t in 1961.
How does Southern Europe rank for cereals, primary — production?
Southern Europe ranks 13th out of 38 groups with data for 2024.
Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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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.