Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested was 9,432 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 9,432 ha for chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 16,200 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 6,476 ha, in 1991.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 15,800 ha | — |
| 1986 | 16,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 15,900 ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 15,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 11,500 ha | -26.3% |
| 1990 | 12,400 ha | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 6,476 ha | -47.8% |
| 1992 | 6,550 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 6,619 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 6,588 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 6,709 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 6,766 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 6,917 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 7,026 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 7,338 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 7,277 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 7,338 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 7,364 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 7,399 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 7,359 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 7,339 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 7,167 ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 7,176 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 7,203 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 7,352 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 7,294 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 7,434 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 7,450 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 7,716 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 7,808 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 7,843 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 8,276 ha | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 8,430 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 8,680 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 8,770 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 8,750 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 8,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 9,205 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 9,314 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 9,432 ha | +1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Western Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -47.8% | 12,400 ha | 6,476 ha |
| 1989 | -26.3% | 15,600 ha | 11,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15,000 ha | 11,500 ha | 16,200 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,339 ha | 6,476 ha | 12,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,297 ha | 7,167 ha | 7,399 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,970 ha | 7,294 ha | 8,770 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,100 ha | 8,750 ha | 9,432 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -6.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Chestnuts, in shell — area harvested in Western Europe was 9,432 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chestnuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 16,200 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest chestnuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,476 ha in 1991.
- How does Western Europe rank for chestnuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 10th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chestnuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.