Fruit Primary — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 32,131 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 32,131 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 62,450 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 20,961 ha, in 2003.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 111th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 58,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 61,550 ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 61,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 62,450 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 58,100 ha | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 52,650 ha | -9.4% |
| 1967 | 47,650 ha | -9.5% |
| 1968 | 52,950 ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 56,200 ha | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 59,950 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 58,600 ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 56,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 56,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 58,200 ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 53,250 ha | -8.5% |
| 1976 | 53,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 50,450 ha | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 52,800 ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 54,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 54,050 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 50,400 ha | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 52,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 52,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 52,200 ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 50,050 ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 49,180 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 46,940 ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 44,210 ha | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 43,696 ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 43,139 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 41,825 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 40,180 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 39,112 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 39,067 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 38,300 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 28,093 ha | -26.7% |
| 1997 | 28,230 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 26,382 ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 25,183 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 25,929 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 23,845 ha | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 21,906 ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 20,961 ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 21,353 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 21,065 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 28,638 ha | +36.0% |
| 2007 | 29,544 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 30,594 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 31,159 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 31,876 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 31,926 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 31,903 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 32,865 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 32,283 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 32,255 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 33,408 ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 34,322 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 33,970 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 32,545 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 31,762 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 32,547 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 31,872 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 32,224 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 32,131 ha | -0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +36.0% | 21,065 ha | 28,638 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,794 ha | 47,650 ha | 62,450 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,395 ha | 50,450 ha | 59,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,563 ha | 43,696 ha | 54,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,951 ha | 25,183 ha | 43,139 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,499 ha | 20,961 ha | 31,159 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,735 ha | 31,876 ha | 34,322 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,107 ha | 31,762 ha | 32,547 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 32,131 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 62,450 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,961 ha in 2003.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 111th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.