Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 19,080 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Belgium stood at 19,080 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 21,311 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 17,779 ha, in 2000.
Belgium ranks 126th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17,779 ha | — |
| 2001 | 17,787 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18,084 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 17,917 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 18,341 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 19,965 ha | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 20,563 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 20,640 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 20,813 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 19,726 ha | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 19,919 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 19,980 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 19,664 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 20,015 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 20,676 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 20,895 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 21,111 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 21,311 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 20,010 ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 20,120 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 19,820 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 19,610 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 19,660 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 19,220 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 19,080 ha | -0.7% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 19,080 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 19,080 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 61,611 ha, 31% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19,162 ha | 17,779 ha | 20,813 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,370 ha | 19,664 ha | 21,311 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,478 ha | 19,080 ha | 19,820 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 123 El Salvador 20,515 ha compare
- 124 Lithuania 19,340 ha compare
- 124 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 19,340 ha compare
- 127 Slovenia 17,560 ha compare
- 128 Comoros 15,337 ha compare
- 129 Mauritania 14,891 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.3957 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0755 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.3957 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0755 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Belgium?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Belgium was 19,080 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 21,311 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,779 ha in 2000.
- How does Belgium rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 126th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — 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.