Fruit Primary — Production in Western Europe

Western Europe: Fruit Primary — Production was 12.61 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
12.61 million t
Change on year
down 12.6%
Rank
24th
of 29 groups
All-time high
26.40 million t
in 1982
All-time low
12.52 million t
in 2017
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fruit Primary — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024

010.0M20.0M30.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Western Europe is 12.61 million t, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 12.6% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Western Europe peaked at 26.40 million t in 1982 and was at its lowest, 12.52 million t, in 2017.

Western Europe ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Fruit Primary — Production in Western Europe, year by year

Annual values for Fruit Primary — Production in Western Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 16.94 million t —
1962 24.62 million t +45.4%
1963 20.46 million t -16.9%
1964 21.49 million t +5.1%
1965 21.33 million t -0.8%
1966 20.48 million t -4.0%
1967 23.08 million t +12.7%
1968 23.35 million t +1.2%
1969 21.43 million t -8.2%
1970 25.63 million t +19.6%
1971 22.29 million t -13.0%
1972 19.46 million t -12.7%
1973 25.73 million t +32.2%
1974 22.14 million t -13.9%
1975 21.88 million t -1.2%
1976 22.56 million t +3.1%
1977 16.87 million t -25.2%
1978 20.77 million t +23.1%
1979 24.97 million t +20.2%
1980 22.40 million t -10.3%
1981 16.84 million t -24.8%
1982 26.40 million t +56.8%
1983 21.89 million t -17.1%
1984 22.00 million t +0.5%
1985 20.05 million t -8.9%
1986 23.00 million t +14.7%
1987 20.09 million t -12.7%
1988 20.90 million t +4.0%
1989 20.42 million t -2.3%
1990 19.75 million t -3.3%
1991 13.25 million t -32.9%
1992 19.50 million t +47.2%
1993 16.21 million t -16.9%
1994 16.94 million t +4.5%
1995 16.80 million t -0.8%
1996 17.29 million t +2.9%
1997 15.78 million t -8.8%
1998 16.36 million t +3.7%
1999 18.45 million t +12.8%
2000 20.13 million t +9.1%
2001 16.92 million t -15.9%
2002 16.65 million t -1.6%
2003 14.59 million t -12.4%
2004 16.69 million t +14.3%
2005 15.62 million t -6.4%
2006 15.62 million t -0.0%
2007 15.29 million t -2.1%
2008 14.58 million t -4.6%
2009 15.24 million t +4.5%
2010 13.62 million t -10.6%
2011 15.10 million t +10.9%
2012 12.72 million t -15.8%
2013 13.13 million t +3.2%
2014 14.87 million t +13.3%
2015 14.71 million t -1.0%
2016 14.54 million t -1.2%
2017 12.52 million t -13.9%
2018 15.35 million t +22.7%
2019 13.66 million t -11.0%
2020 14.26 million t +4.4%
2021 12.82 million t -10.2%
2022 14.65 million t +14.3%
2023 14.43 million t -1.5%
2024 12.61 million t -12.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 21.46 million t 16.94 million t 24.62 million t 9
1970s 22.23 million t 16.87 million t 25.73 million t 10
1980s 21.40 million t 16.84 million t 26.40 million t 10
1990s 17.03 million t 13.25 million t 19.75 million t 10
2000s 16.13 million t 14.58 million t 20.13 million t 10
2010s 14.02 million t 12.52 million t 15.35 million t 10
2020s 13.75 million t 12.61 million t 14.65 million t 5

Countries ranked near Western Europe

  1. 21 Peru 8.15 million t compare
  2. 22 Algeria 7.71 million t compare
  3. 23 Argentina 7.67 million t compare
  4. 23 Caribbean 12.92 million t compare
  5. 24 Uzbekistan 7.01 million t compare
  6. 25 Angola 6.94 million t compare
  7. 26 Chile 6.69 million t compare
  8. 27 Costa Rica 6.68 million t compare
  9. 27 Côte d'Ivoire 3.50 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fruit primary — production in Western Europe?
Fruit primary — production in Western Europe was 12.61 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Western Europe?
The highest recorded value was 26.40 million t in 1982.
What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Western Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 12.52 million t in 2017.
How does Western Europe rank for fruit primary — production?
Western Europe ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Western 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.