Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 501,448 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 501,448 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 1.15 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 377,190 ha, in 2009.
European Union (27) ranks 18th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.02 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.15 million ha | +12.4% |
| 1963 | 995,201 ha | -13.5% |
| 1964 | 837,371 ha | -15.9% |
| 1965 | 776,724 ha | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 806,143 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 708,014 ha | -12.2% |
| 1968 | 644,495 ha | -9.0% |
| 1969 | 664,709 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 562,486 ha | -15.4% |
| 1971 | 560,525 ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 615,550 ha | +9.8% |
| 1973 | 535,422 ha | -13.0% |
| 1974 | 565,092 ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 511,882 ha | -9.4% |
| 1976 | 550,124 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 566,201 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 513,684 ha | -9.3% |
| 1979 | 496,041 ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 500,272 ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 473,121 ha | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 432,881 ha | -8.5% |
| 1983 | 463,282 ha | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 528,041 ha | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 585,156 ha | +10.8% |
| 1986 | 555,395 ha | -5.1% |
| 1987 | 542,687 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 638,675 ha | +17.7% |
| 1989 | 596,886 ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 506,052 ha | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 429,760 ha | -15.1% |
| 1992 | 503,765 ha | +17.2% |
| 1993 | 467,182 ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 531,279 ha | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 596,518 ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 649,458 ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 683,471 ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 726,178 ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 796,193 ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 644,252 ha | -19.1% |
| 2001 | 640,458 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 600,403 ha | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 610,251 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 602,493 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 585,345 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 555,556 ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 539,348 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 401,169 ha | -25.6% |
| 2009 | 377,190 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 392,795 ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 452,694 ha | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 457,384 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 423,691 ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 450,585 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 447,321 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 437,341 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 469,461 ha | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 497,728 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 536,308 ha | +7.8% |
| 2020 | 540,981 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 485,699 ha | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 488,010 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 463,015 ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 501,448 ha | +8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 845,149 ha | 644,495 ha | 1.15 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 547,701 ha | 496,041 ha | 615,550 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 531,640 ha | 432,881 ha | 638,675 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 588,986 ha | 429,760 ha | 796,193 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 555,646 ha | 377,190 ha | 644,252 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 456,531 ha | 392,795 ha | 536,308 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 495,831 ha | 463,015 ha | 540,981 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in European Union (27) was 501,448 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 377,190 ha in 2009.
- How does European Union (27) rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.