Figs — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Figs — Area harvested was 27,192 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Figs — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for figs — area harvested in Southern Europe is 27,192 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, figs — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 470,800 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 26,551 ha, in 2016.
That places Southern Europe 8th out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Figs — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 470,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 465,100 ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 451,500 ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 442,300 ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 435,300 ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 320,100 ha | -26.5% |
| 1967 | 315,300 ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 313,600 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 303,300 ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 289,800 ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 281,100 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 265,400 ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 164,600 ha | -38.0% |
| 1974 | 161,200 ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 155,700 ha | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 152,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 148,900 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 149,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 147,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 146,700 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 135,300 ha | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 130,700 ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 130,861 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 130,457 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 166,236 ha | +27.4% |
| 1986 | 163,944 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 162,523 ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 160,885 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 158,179 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 150,194 ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 72,113 ha | -52.0% |
| 1992 | 68,030 ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 52,428 ha | -22.9% |
| 1994 | 53,093 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 45,150 ha | -15.0% |
| 1996 | 45,163 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 48,017 ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 48,949 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 46,565 ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 45,203 ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 41,320 ha | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 40,277 ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 41,026 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 39,047 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 38,527 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 31,181 ha | -19.1% |
| 2007 | 30,525 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 29,321 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 28,360 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 27,669 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 27,675 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 28,184 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 28,516 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 27,347 ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 27,557 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 26,551 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 26,962 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 27,326 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 27,956 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 29,595 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 27,765 ha | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 28,589 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 27,664 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 27,192 ha | -1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Figs — Area harvested in Southern 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 | -52.0% | 150,194 ha | 72,113 ha |
| 1973 | -38.0% | 265,400 ha | 164,600 ha |
| 1985 | +27.4% | 130,457 ha | 166,236 ha |
| 1966 | -26.5% | 435,300 ha | 320,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 390,811 ha | 303,300 ha | 470,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 191,630 ha | 147,400 ha | 289,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 148,578 ha | 130,457 ha | 166,236 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,970 ha | 45,150 ha | 150,194 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,479 ha | 28,360 ha | 45,203 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,574 ha | 26,551 ha | 28,516 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,161 ha | 27,192 ha | 29,595 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 5 Spain 16,180 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 9,273 ha compare
- 6 Afghanistan 11,274 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 130 ha compare
- 7 India 5,904 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 ha compare
- 8 Yugoslav SFR 4,000 ha compare
- 9 Portugal 3,780 ha compare
- 10 Libya 2,666 ha compare
- 11 China 2,595 ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 2,595 ha compare
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- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -11.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -8.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is figs — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Figs — area harvested in Southern Europe was 27,192 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest figs — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 470,800 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest figs — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,551 ha in 2016.
- How does Southern Europe rank for figs — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 8th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is figs — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Figs — 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.