Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 90,115 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 90,115 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Eastern Europe peaked at 4.82 million ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 90,115 ha, in 2024.
Eastern Europe ranks 25th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.53 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 4.67 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 4.51 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 4.65 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 4.54 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 4.46 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 4.42 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 4.35 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 4.39 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 4.54 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 4.52 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 4.48 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 4.44 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 4.54 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 4.58 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 4.61 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 4.61 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 4.68 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 4.58 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 4.70 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 4.48 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 4.53 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 4.61 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 4.77 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 4.70 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 4.78 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 4.82 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 4.58 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 4.53 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 4.12 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1991 | 3.75 million ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 718,851 ha | -80.8% |
| 1993 | 563,527 ha | -21.6% |
| 1994 | 365,772 ha | -35.1% |
| 1995 | 431,650 ha | +18.0% |
| 1996 | 355,709 ha | -17.6% |
| 1997 | 277,237 ha | -22.1% |
| 1998 | 258,486 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 215,902 ha | -16.5% |
| 2000 | 258,562 ha | +19.8% |
| 2001 | 286,462 ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 223,211 ha | -22.1% |
| 2003 | 220,583 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 251,727 ha | +14.1% |
| 2005 | 227,500 ha | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 170,212 ha | -25.2% |
| 2007 | 171,369 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 176,746 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 153,880 ha | -12.9% |
| 2010 | 124,517 ha | -19.1% |
| 2011 | 131,437 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 129,993 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 121,667 ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 108,265 ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 112,802 ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 113,920 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 115,682 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 112,340 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 121,141 ha | +7.8% |
| 2020 | 118,344 ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 102,354 ha | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 102,193 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 91,160 ha | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 90,115 ha | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.50 million ha | 4.35 million ha | 4.67 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.56 million ha | 4.44 million ha | 4.68 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.65 million ha | 4.48 million ha | 4.82 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.11 million ha | 215,902 ha | 4.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 214,025 ha | 153,880 ha | 286,462 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 119,176 ha | 108,265 ha | 131,437 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 100,833 ha | 90,115 ha | 118,344 ha | 5 |
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- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.6863 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Eastern Europe?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Eastern Europe was 90,115 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4.82 million ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,115 ha in 2024.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.