Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Italy
Italy: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 4,617 kg/ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Italy, 1961–2017
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 Italy is 4,617 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 25.7% on the previous year and up 216.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Italy peaked at 6,345 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 33 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Italy 9th out of 131 countries with data for 2017, 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 420.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 417 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 563.8 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1964 | 489.8 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1965 | 509.9 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 577.2 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1967 | 510.4 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1968 | 512.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 386 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1970 | 302.5 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1971 | 241.8 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1972 | 161.5 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1973 | 154.1 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 146.8 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 100 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1976 | 82.5 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1977 | 45.5 kg/ha | -44.8% |
| 1978 | 72.6 kg/ha | +59.6% |
| 1979 | 91.6 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1980 | 97.4 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 33 kg/ha | -66.1% |
| 1982 | 93.4 kg/ha | +183.0% |
| 1983 | 105.8 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 140.8 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1985 | 120.3 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1986 | 52.7 kg/ha | -56.2% |
| 1987 | 111.1 kg/ha | +110.8% |
| 1988 | 134.1 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1989 | 202.1 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1990 | 147.3 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1991 | 125 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1992 | 171.8 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1993 | 287.2 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 1994 | 276.8 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 256.8 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 263.2 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 150 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1998 | 226.1 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1999 | 414.4 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 2000 | 448.3 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 503.6 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 1,044 kg/ha | +107.2% |
| 2003 | 1,538 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 2004 | 1,266 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2005 | 1,419 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2006 | 1,231 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 1,460 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 1,273 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 2,076 kg/ha | +63.1% |
| 2010 | 2,097 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 3,773 kg/ha | +79.9% |
| 2012 | 5,034 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 2013 | 5,441 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 6,345 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2015 | 5,348 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2016 | 6,214 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 4,617 kg/ha | -25.7% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 4,617 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 4.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Italy's 4,617 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,049 kg/ha, 4.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 487.4 kg/ha | 386 kg/ha | 577.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 139.89 kg/ha | 45.5 kg/ha | 302.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 109.07 kg/ha | 33 kg/ha | 202.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 231.86 kg/ha | 125 kg/ha | 414.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,226 kg/ha | 448.3 kg/ha | 2,076 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,859 kg/ha | 2,097 kg/ha | 6,345 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 6 Samoa 5,075 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 840 kg/ha compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 4,661 kg/ha compare
- 8 Austria 4,637 kg/ha compare
- 10 Belgium 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 700.6 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bhutan 3,994 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 612 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 600.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Sri Lanka 3,438 kg/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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Italy?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Italy was 4,617 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 6,345 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 33 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Italy rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Italy ranks 9th out of 131 countries with data for 2017.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 216.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.