Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested was 51,170 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 51,170 ha for chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 54,000 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 14,600 ha, in 1986.
Portugal ranks 4th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,333 ha | 33,000 ha | 54,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,500 ha | 16,000 ha | 54,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,060 ha | 14,600 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,822 ha | 15,200 ha | 29,011 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,887 ha | 29,544 ha | 34,591 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,323 ha | 34,616 ha | 51,690 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,754 ha | 49,940 ha | 51,700 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 1 China 268,254 ha compare
- 1 China, mainland 268,254 ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 58,720 ha compare
- 5 Italy 39,420 ha compare
- 6 Spain 38,540 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Korea 29,895 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 4.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,230 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Portugal?
- Chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Portugal was 51,170 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chestnuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 54,000 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest chestnuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,600 ha in 1986.
- How does Portugal rank for chestnuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 4th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chestnuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.