Fruit Primary — Production in Europe

Europe: Fruit Primary — Production was 77.67 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
77.67 million t
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
9th
of 29 groups
All-time high
110.06 million t
in 1982
All-time low
63.65 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fruit Primary — Production in Europe, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, fruit primary — production in Europe stood at 77.67 million t.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Europe peaked at 110.06 million t in 1982 and was at its lowest, 63.65 million t, in 1961.

That places Europe 9th out of 29 groups 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 — Production in Europe, year by year

Annual values for Fruit Primary — Production in Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 63.65 million t —
1962 75.60 million t +18.8%
1963 72.90 million t -3.6%
1964 79.42 million t +8.9%
1965 77.21 million t -2.8%
1966 79.39 million t +2.8%
1967 81.88 million t +3.1%
1968 84.87 million t +3.6%
1969 84.55 million t -0.4%
1970 88.77 million t +5.0%
1971 84.89 million t -4.4%
1972 80.52 million t -5.2%
1973 98.01 million t +21.7%
1974 90.98 million t -7.2%
1975 91.95 million t +1.1%
1976 93.88 million t +2.1%
1977 83.71 million t -10.8%
1978 89.48 million t +6.9%
1979 103.46 million t +15.6%
1980 98.44 million t -4.9%
1981 92.50 million t -6.0%
1982 110.06 million t +19.0%
1983 106.32 million t -3.4%
1984 101.45 million t -4.6%
1985 94.34 million t -7.0%
1986 105.20 million t +11.5%
1987 95.72 million t -9.0%
1988 95.11 million t -0.6%
1989 96.21 million t +1.2%
1990 94.53 million t -1.7%
1991 84.05 million t -11.1%
1992 87.71 million t +4.4%
1993 82.39 million t -6.1%
1994 74.98 million t -9.0%
1995 73.56 million t -1.9%
1996 81.54 million t +10.9%
1997 78.44 million t -3.8%
1998 74.07 million t -5.6%
1999 80.07 million t +8.1%
2000 83.73 million t +4.6%
2001 79.35 million t -5.2%
2002 77.39 million t -2.5%
2003 79.63 million t +2.9%
2004 84.29 million t +5.9%
2005 78.86 million t -6.4%
2006 81.19 million t +3.0%
2007 76.35 million t -6.0%
2008 78.70 million t +3.1%
2009 80.01 million t +1.7%
2010 76.25 million t -4.7%
2011 78.98 million t +3.6%
2012 72.61 million t -8.1%
2013 80.82 million t +11.3%
2014 80.10 million t -0.9%
2015 82.77 million t +3.3%
2016 82.58 million t -0.2%
2017 76.00 million t -8.0%
2018 88.25 million t +16.1%
2019 80.79 million t -8.5%
2020 83.30 million t +3.1%
2021 81.96 million t -1.6%
2022 82.06 million t +0.1%
2023 77.81 million t -5.2%
2024 77.67 million t -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 77.72 million t 63.65 million t 84.87 million t 9
1970s 90.57 million t 80.52 million t 103.46 million t 10
1980s 99.54 million t 92.50 million t 110.06 million t 10
1990s 81.13 million t 73.56 million t 94.53 million t 10
2000s 79.95 million t 76.35 million t 84.29 million t 10
2010s 79.91 million t 72.61 million t 88.25 million t 10
2020s 80.56 million t 77.67 million t 83.30 million t 5

Countries ranked near Europe

  1. 6 Indonesia 25.03 million t compare
  2. 7 Italy 17.52 million t compare
  3. 7 Viet Nam 12.65 million t compare
  4. 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.76 million t compare
  5. 8 USSR 17.31 million t compare
  6. 9 Spain 16.97 million t compare
  7. 9 United Republic of Tanzania 5.65 million t compare
  8. 10 Egypt 16.65 million t compare
  9. 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.17 million t compare
  10. 11 Philippines 16.33 million t compare
  11. 11 Melanesia 2.89 million t compare
  12. 12 Nigeria 15.81 million t compare
  13. 12 Syrian Arab Republic 2.00 million t compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is fruit primary — production in Europe?
Fruit primary — production in Europe was 77.67 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Europe?
The highest recorded value was 110.06 million t in 1982.
What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 63.65 million t in 1961.
How does Europe rank for fruit primary — production?
Europe ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Europe data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fruit Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 14,012 data points, 1961–2024
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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.