Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 1.13 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Italy is 1.13 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Italy peaked at 2.25 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.10 million ha, in 2018.
Italy ranks 11th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.25 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.25 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 2.23 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 2.22 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 2.12 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 2.11 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 2.06 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 1.96 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 1.91 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 1.91 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 1.84 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 1.85 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1.86 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1.87 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 1.88 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 1.88 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 1.88 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 1.88 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 1.83 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 1.87 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 1.86 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 1.85 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 1.64 million ha | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 1.63 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 1.61 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 1.60 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 1.60 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 1.59 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 1.59 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 1.57 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 1.57 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 1.54 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 1.50 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 1.48 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 1.45 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 1.46 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 1.43 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 1.43 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.41 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 1.41 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.39 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 1.36 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 1.36 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.31 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 1.31 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.31 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.30 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 1.32 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 1.34 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.31 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 1.24 million ha | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 1.15 million ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 1.19 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.16 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 1.15 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.12 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 1.12 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.10 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 1.11 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 1.13 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 1.13 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.13 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.14 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1.13 million ha | -0.3% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 1.13 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 59.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Italy's 1.13 million ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 61,611 ha, 18.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.12 million ha | 1.91 million ha | 2.25 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.87 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 1.91 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.68 million ha | 1.59 million ha | 1.87 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.48 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 1.57 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.34 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.13 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 8 Mexico 1.68 million ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 812,217 ha compare
- 9 Spain 1.51 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 806,021 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 1.32 million ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 267,146 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 264,376 ha compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 244,197 ha compare
- 12 Thailand 1.05 million ha compare
- 13 Indonesia 932,632 ha compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 216,110 ha compare
- 14 France 910,449 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 158,942 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Italy?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Italy was 1.13 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 2.25 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.10 million ha in 2018.
- How does Italy rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 11th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.