Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 15,957 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 15,957 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2017.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 20,407 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 2013.
That places Belgium 57th out of 133 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,561 ha | — |
| 2001 | 17,401 ha | +28.3% |
| 2002 | 16,015 ha | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 20,047 ha | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 20,407 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 19,031 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 15,500 ha | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 14,297 ha | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 11,914 ha | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 11,277 ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 11,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 11,286 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 10,581 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 10,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 11,600 ha | +16.0% |
| 2015 | 13,860 ha | +19.5% |
| 2016 | 15,095 ha | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 15,957 ha | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15,945 ha | 11,277 ha | 20,407 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,422 ha | 10,000 ha | 15,957 ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7302 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7302 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Belgium?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Belgium was 15,957 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 20,407 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 2013.
- How does Belgium rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 57th out of 133 countries with data for 2017.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.