Currants — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Currants — Area harvested was 140,785 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Currants — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for currants — area harvested in Europe is 140,785 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, currants — area harvested in Europe peaked at 158,026 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 7,199 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Currants — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,199 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,323 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 8,455 ha | +15.5% |
| 1964 | 8,487 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 8,050 ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 7,570 ha | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 8,015 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 8,272 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 8,615 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 11,168 ha | +29.6% |
| 1971 | 12,124 ha | +8.6% |
| 1972 | 12,176 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 14,256 ha | +17.1% |
| 1974 | 14,289 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 14,303 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 17,134 ha | +19.8% |
| 1977 | 16,389 ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 18,732 ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 18,815 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 20,685 ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 24,775 ha | +19.8% |
| 1982 | 19,790 ha | -20.1% |
| 1983 | 21,366 ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 19,986 ha | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 90,350 ha | +352.1% |
| 1986 | 89,791 ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 84,113 ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 93,226 ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 95,289 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 83,252 ha | -12.6% |
| 1991 | 84,741 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 104,431 ha | +23.2% |
| 1993 | 105,738 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 105,612 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 106,548 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 111,071 ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 108,222 ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 110,431 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 119,072 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 133,887 ha | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 141,732 ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 158,026 ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 156,099 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 148,346 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 147,984 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 138,105 ha | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 138,842 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 121,358 ha | -12.6% |
| 2009 | 119,992 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 121,614 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 112,479 ha | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 113,115 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 114,095 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 114,697 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 112,362 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 114,691 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 110,172 ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 127,727 ha | +15.9% |
| 2019 | 130,473 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 134,826 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 144,174 ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 140,140 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 142,711 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 140,785 ha | -1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Currants — Area harvested in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +352.1% | 19,986 ha | 90,350 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,998 ha | 7,199 ha | 8,615 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,939 ha | 11,168 ha | 18,815 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,937 ha | 19,790 ha | 95,289 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 103,912 ha | 83,252 ha | 119,072 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 140,437 ha | 119,992 ha | 158,026 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,142 ha | 110,172 ha | 130,473 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 140,527 ha | 134,826 ha | 144,174 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 Russian Federation 72,207 ha compare
- 2 Poland 45,000 ha compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 560 ha compare
- 3 USSR 10,300 ha compare
- 4 Czechoslovakia 6,700 ha compare
- 5 Lithuania 3,810 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is currants — area harvested in Europe?
- Currants — area harvested in Europe was 140,785 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest currants — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 158,026 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest currants — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,199 ha in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for currants — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is currants — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Currants — 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.