Currants — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Currants — Area harvested was 2,200 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Currants — Area harvested in Germany, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, currants — area harvested in Germany stood at 2,200 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, currants — area harvested in Germany peaked at 22,862 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2,025 ha, in 2008.
That places Germany 9th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Currants — Area harvested in Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 20,545 ha | — |
| 1986 | 21,225 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 22,320 ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 21,365 ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 21,545 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 20,820 ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 21,270 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 19,820 ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 20,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 20,220 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 22,862 ha | +13.1% |
| 1996 | 20,720 ha | -9.4% |
| 1997 | 17,300 ha | -16.5% |
| 1998 | 19,400 ha | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 20,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 22,220 ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 21,863 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 17,827 ha | -18.5% |
| 2003 | 18,089 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 10,000 ha | -44.7% |
| 2005 | 2,100 ha | -79.0% |
| 2006 | 2,099 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,043 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 2,025 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 2,148 ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 2,140 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,133 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,292 ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 2,388 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 2,459 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 2,401 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 2,333 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 2,338 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,250 ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 2,140 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 2,120 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,130 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,160 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 2,170 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,200 ha | +1.4% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 2,200 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 230 ha, 9.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Germany's 2,200 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 185 ha, 11.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Currants — Area harvested in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | -79.0% | 10,000 ha | 2,100 ha |
| 2004 | -44.7% | 18,089 ha | 10,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 21,400 ha | 20,545 ha | 22,320 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 20,241 ha | 17,300 ha | 22,862 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,041 ha | 2,025 ha | 22,220 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,287 ha | 2,133 ha | 2,459 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,156 ha | 2,120 ha | 2,200 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is currants — area harvested in Germany?
- Currants — area harvested in Germany was 2,200 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest currants — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 22,862 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest currants — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,025 ha in 2008.
- How does Germany rank for currants — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 9th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is currants — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany 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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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.