Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 312,260 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Romania, 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 Romania is 312,260 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Romania peaked at 525,585 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 269,496 ha, in 1979.
Romania ranks 40th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 344,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 336,600 ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 335,100 ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 350,900 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 362,800 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 345,500 ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 348,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 359,503 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 362,753 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 304,800 ha | -16.0% |
| 1971 | 359,500 ha | +17.9% |
| 1972 | 354,821 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 347,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 309,252 ha | -11.0% |
| 1975 | 308,523 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 311,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 302,800 ha | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 301,570 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 269,496 ha | -10.6% |
| 1980 | 270,906 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 271,019 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 270,774 ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 271,629 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 270,446 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 521,124 ha | +92.7% |
| 1986 | 503,650 ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 480,450 ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 476,350 ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 468,950 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 487,615 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 509,446 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 515,344 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 525,585 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 520,072 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 523,267 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 521,341 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 512,143 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 509,382 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 510,047 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 489,590 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 479,302 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 468,652 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 462,484 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 440,116 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 410,976 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 385,267 ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 361,966 ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 369,015 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 365,032 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 355,341 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 350,310 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 353,833 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 358,188 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 344,696 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 343,785 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 339,257 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 341,206 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 333,680 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 335,030 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 316,790 ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 315,080 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 307,480 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 316,480 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 312,260 ha | -1.3% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 312,260 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 16.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Romania's 312,260 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 61,611 ha, 5.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +92.7% | 270,446 ha | 521,124 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 349,584 ha | 335,100 ha | 362,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 316,936 ha | 269,496 ha | 359,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 380,530 ha | 270,446 ha | 521,124 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 513,424 ha | 487,615 ha | 525,585 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 423,240 ha | 361,966 ha | 489,590 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 345,533 ha | 333,680 ha | 358,188 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 313,618 ha | 307,480 ha | 316,790 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Romania?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Romania was 312,260 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 525,585 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 269,496 ha in 1979.
- How does Romania rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.