Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 6,379 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 6,379 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 49.7% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Western Europe peaked at 7,298 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 918.7 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Western Europe 1st 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 964.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 935.5 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 979.1 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 1,082 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 996 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 988 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 1,095 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 1,291 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1969 | 1,178 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1970 | 918.7 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1971 | 1,106 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1972 | 1,215 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1973 | 1,267 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 1,202 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 1,145 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 1,131 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 1,256 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 1,430 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1979 | 1,410 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 1,386 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 1,119 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1982 | 1,425 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1983 | 1,756 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1984 | 2,171 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1985 | 2,008 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 1,708 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1987 | 1,740 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 1,919 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 1,535 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 1,646 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 5,813 kg/ha | +253.2% |
| 1992 | 5,266 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 5,471 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 5,571 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 5,362 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 5,116 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 5,581 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 4,984 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1999 | 5,555 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 5,649 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 3,678 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 2002 | 6,182 kg/ha | +68.1% |
| 2003 | 5,957 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 5,733 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 6,322 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2006 | 6,105 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 5,457 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 7,028 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2009 | 6,478 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 6,598 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 4,639 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2012 | 6,994 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 2013 | 7,298 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 6,643 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 5,827 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 5,909 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 5,065 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 5,709 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2019 | 6,691 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 5,216 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2021 | 6,184 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2022 | 5,254 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2023 | 4,260 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2024 | 6,379 kg/ha | +49.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Western Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +253.2% | 1,646 kg/ha | 5,813 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,057 kg/ha | 935.5 kg/ha | 1,291 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,208 kg/ha | 918.7 kg/ha | 1,430 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,677 kg/ha | 1,119 kg/ha | 2,171 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,037 kg/ha | 1,646 kg/ha | 5,813 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,859 kg/ha | 3,678 kg/ha | 7,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,137 kg/ha | 4,639 kg/ha | 7,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,458 kg/ha | 4,260 kg/ha | 6,379 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Western Europe?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Western Europe was 6,379 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,298 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 918.7 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Western Europe rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 1st out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.