Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 10,030 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Italy is 10,030 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Italy peaked at 13,157 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 8,860 ha, in 1961.
Italy ranks 11th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,860 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,915 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 10,290 ha | +15.4% |
| 1964 | 10,328 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 11,019 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 11,301 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 11,633 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 12,039 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 12,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 12,682 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 11,989 ha | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 11,651 ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 11,937 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 12,563 ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 12,638 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 12,643 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 13,078 ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 12,942 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 13,126 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 13,157 ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 12,749 ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 12,873 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 12,157 ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 11,877 ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 11,619 ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 11,566 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 11,243 ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 11,207 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 10,825 ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 10,574 ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 10,706 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 10,266 ha | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 10,496 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 10,323 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 10,334 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 11,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 11,219 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 11,428 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 11,464 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 12,355 ha | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 12,414 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 12,175 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 12,881 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 12,379 ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 12,169 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 11,734 ha | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 12,991 ha | +10.7% |
| 2008 | 10,862 ha | -16.4% |
| 2009 | 10,646 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 10,741 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 9,423 ha | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 9,770 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 10,059 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 10,331 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 10,147 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 10,031 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 9,449 ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 9,560 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 9,550 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 9,510 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 9,570 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 9,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 9,730 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 10,030 ha | +3.1% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 10,030 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99 ha, 101.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Italy's 10,030 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 403 ha, 24.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,732 ha | 8,860 ha | 12,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,525 ha | 11,651 ha | 13,126 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,927 ha | 10,825 ha | 13,157 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,781 ha | 10,266 ha | 11,464 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,061 ha | 10,646 ha | 12,991 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,906 ha | 9,423 ha | 10,741 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,688 ha | 9,510 ha | 10,030 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 8 Philippines 20,564 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,489 ha compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 920 ha compare
- 9 Sri Lanka 14,383 ha compare
- 10 Sudan 11,621 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 554 ha compare
- 12 Rwanda 9,578 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 19 ha compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 23,133 ha compare
- 13 Pakistan 8,459 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 0 ha
- 14 Uzbekistan 8,427 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Italy?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Italy was 10,030 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 13,157 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,860 ha in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 11th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.