Fruit Primary — Production in European Union (27)

European Union (27): Fruit Primary — Production was 62.43 million t in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
62.43 million t
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
11th
of 29 groups
All-time high
80.24 million t
in 1982
All-time low
51.56 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fruit Primary — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024

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

Analysis

European Union (27) recorded 62.43 million t for fruit primary — production in 2024.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in European Union (27) peaked at 80.24 million t in 1982 and was at its lowest, 51.56 million t, in 1961.

That places European Union (27) 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Fruit Primary — Production in European Union (27), year by year

Annual values for Fruit Primary — Production in European Union (27), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 51.56 million t —
1962 62.16 million t +20.6%
1963 58.95 million t -5.2%
1964 64.03 million t +8.6%
1965 62.44 million t -2.5%
1966 63.77 million t +2.1%
1967 64.99 million t +1.9%
1968 66.39 million t +2.2%
1969 66.34 million t -0.1%
1970 69.22 million t +4.3%
1971 64.94 million t -6.2%
1972 63.42 million t -2.4%
1973 75.86 million t +19.6%
1974 70.97 million t -6.4%
1975 69.38 million t -2.2%
1976 70.45 million t +1.5%
1977 60.32 million t -14.4%
1978 67.04 million t +11.1%
1979 78.44 million t +17.0%
1980 74.35 million t -5.2%
1981 66.20 million t -11.0%
1982 80.24 million t +21.2%
1983 77.15 million t -3.8%
1984 73.17 million t -5.2%
1985 69.51 million t -5.0%
1986 76.96 million t +10.7%
1987 71.54 million t -7.0%
1988 69.19 million t -3.3%
1989 70.30 million t +1.6%
1990 69.35 million t -1.4%
1991 61.38 million t -11.5%
1992 74.43 million t +21.3%
1993 68.89 million t -7.4%
1994 65.45 million t -5.0%
1995 63.05 million t -3.7%
1996 69.40 million t +10.1%
1997 66.24 million t -4.5%
1998 64.76 million t -2.2%
1999 71.50 million t +10.4%
2000 72.93 million t +2.0%
2001 69.67 million t -4.5%
2002 66.70 million t -4.3%
2003 67.53 million t +1.3%
2004 71.87 million t +6.4%
2005 67.28 million t -6.4%
2006 69.53 million t +3.3%
2007 63.51 million t -8.7%
2008 66.52 million t +4.7%
2009 66.76 million t +0.4%
2010 64.27 million t -3.7%
2011 65.77 million t +2.3%
2012 59.90 million t -8.9%
2013 66.33 million t +10.7%
2014 66.46 million t +0.2%
2015 68.56 million t +3.2%
2016 67.64 million t -1.3%
2017 62.24 million t -8.0%
2018 71.37 million t +14.7%
2019 65.05 million t -8.8%
2020 67.72 million t +4.1%
2021 66.14 million t -2.3%
2022 65.98 million t -0.2%
2023 62.53 million t -5.2%
2024 62.43 million t -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 62.29 million t 51.56 million t 66.39 million t 9
1970s 69.00 million t 60.32 million t 78.44 million t 10
1980s 72.86 million t 66.20 million t 80.24 million t 10
1990s 67.45 million t 61.38 million t 74.43 million t 10
2000s 68.23 million t 63.51 million t 72.93 million t 10
2010s 65.76 million t 59.90 million t 71.37 million t 10
2020s 64.96 million t 62.43 million t 67.72 million t 5

Countries ranked near European Union (27)

  1. 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.76 million t compare
  2. 8 USSR 17.31 million t compare
  3. 9 Spain 16.97 million t compare
  4. 9 United Republic of Tanzania 5.65 million t compare
  5. 10 Egypt 16.65 million t compare
  6. 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.17 million t compare
  7. 11 Philippines 16.33 million t compare
  8. 11 Melanesia 2.89 million t compare
  9. 12 Nigeria 15.81 million t compare
  10. 12 Syrian Arab Republic 2.00 million t compare
  11. 13 Colombia 11.97 million t compare
  12. 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.82 million t compare
  13. 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.54 million t compare
  14. 14 Uganda 11.90 million t compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is fruit primary — production in European Union (27)?
Fruit primary — production in European Union (27) was 62.43 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in European Union (27)?
The highest recorded value was 80.24 million t in 1982.
What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in European Union (27)?
The lowest recorded value was 51.56 million t in 1961.
How does European Union (27) rank for fruit primary — production?
European Union (27) ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this European Union (27) 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.