Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 3,321 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in European Union (27) is 3,321 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 47.4% on the previous year and up 50.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 3,321 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 479 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places European Union (27) 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 507.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 479 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 542.8 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1964 | 609.8 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1965 | 615.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 637.4 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 696.9 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1968 | 644.6 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 664.4 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 676.5 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 748.4 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1972 | 695.2 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 699.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 715 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 820.7 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1976 | 754.7 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 728.5 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 854.9 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1979 | 800.6 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 832.2 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 789.9 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 776.8 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 845.5 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 885.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 876.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 932.5 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 961 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 942.7 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 942 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 1,002 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 1,572 kg/ha | +56.9% |
| 1992 | 1,280 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1993 | 1,566 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1994 | 1,752 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1995 | 1,674 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 1,532 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 1,644 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 1,538 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 1,520 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 1,714 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2001 | 1,576 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 2,032 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 2003 | 1,959 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 2,080 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 2,212 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 1,936 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2007 | 1,835 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 2,451 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2009 | 2,291 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 2,045 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 1,627 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2012 | 2,199 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2013 | 2,328 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 2,212 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 2,245 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 2,415 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 2,268 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 2,424 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 2,811 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2020 | 2,562 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 2,784 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 2,572 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 2,253 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2024 | 3,321 kg/ha | +47.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 599.77 kg/ha | 479 kg/ha | 696.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 749.39 kg/ha | 676.5 kg/ha | 854.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 878.46 kg/ha | 776.8 kg/ha | 961 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,508 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,009 kg/ha | 1,576 kg/ha | 2,451 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,257 kg/ha | 1,627 kg/ha | 2,811 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,698 kg/ha | 2,253 kg/ha | 3,321 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in European Union (27)?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in European Union (27) was 3,321 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 3,321 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 479 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does European Union (27) rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Yield. 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.