Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 82,508 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Europe recorded 82,508 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 138,192 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 54,463 ha, in 1967.
That places Northern Europe 28th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,733 ha | — |
| 1962 | 67,035 ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 66,646 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 67,059 ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 62,242 ha | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 59,282 ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 54,463 ha | -8.1% |
| 1968 | 60,591 ha | +11.3% |
| 1969 | 64,076 ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 67,816 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 66,455 ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 64,643 ha | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 65,063 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 67,243 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 62,323 ha | -7.3% |
| 1976 | 63,124 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 59,876 ha | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 62,455 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 64,144 ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 63,930 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 61,502 ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 63,219 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 64,198 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 63,341 ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 99,979 ha | +57.8% |
| 1986 | 98,326 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 95,890 ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 94,236 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 96,206 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 73,390 ha | -23.7% |
| 1991 | 68,622 ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 133,939 ha | +95.2% |
| 1993 | 130,170 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 132,194 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 138,192 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 117,513 ha | -15.0% |
| 1997 | 129,594 ha | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 124,315 ha | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 119,112 ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 117,992 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 124,941 ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 117,759 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 104,619 ha | -11.2% |
| 2004 | 104,771 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 105,958 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 108,333 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 101,461 ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 96,522 ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 91,244 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 92,179 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 93,480 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 94,136 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 94,815 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 92,672 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 92,871 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 93,296 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 96,147 ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 92,670 ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 85,599 ha | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 87,538 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 85,912 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 85,579 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 83,684 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 82,508 ha | -1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Northern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +95.2% | 68,622 ha | 133,939 ha |
| 1985 | +57.8% | 63,341 ha | 99,979 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62,792 ha | 54,463 ha | 67,059 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,314 ha | 59,876 ha | 67,816 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 80,083 ha | 61,502 ha | 99,979 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 116,704 ha | 68,622 ha | 138,192 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 107,360 ha | 91,244 ha | 124,941 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,786 ha | 85,599 ha | 96,147 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,044 ha | 82,508 ha | 87,538 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Northern Europe was 82,508 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 138,192 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,463 ha in 1967.
- How does Northern Europe rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 28th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.