Currants — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Currants — Area harvested was 3,071 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Currants — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 3,071 ha for currants — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, currants — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 3,581 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1998.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 7th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Currants — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 2,750 ha | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 2,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 2,950 ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 2,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,133 ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 3,414 ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 3,572 ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 3,581 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 3,317 ha | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 3,335 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 2,900 ha | -13.0% |
| 1996 | 2,500 ha | -13.8% |
| 1997 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 1,300 ha | -35.0% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 2,390 ha | +19.5% |
| 2002 | 2,330 ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 2,600 ha | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 2,950 ha | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 2,700 ha | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 2,596 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 2,553 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 2,435 ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 2,472 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 2,511 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 2,477 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,471 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,525 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 2,538 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 2,514 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 2,502 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,571 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 2,529 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 2,516 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,682 ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 2,765 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 2,892 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 2,928 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 3,071 ha | +4.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Currants — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -35.0% | 2,000 ha | 1,300 ha |
| 2000 | +33.3% | 1,500 ha | 2,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,111 ha | 2,750 ha | 3,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,970 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,043 ha | 2,950 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,742 ha | 1,300 ha | 3,581 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,503 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,950 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,515 ha | 2,471 ha | 2,571 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,868 ha | 2,682 ha | 3,071 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is currants — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Currants — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 3,071 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest currants — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,581 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest currants — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1998.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for currants — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 7th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is currants — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.