Fruit Primary — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Fruit Primary — Yield was 10,570 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 10,570 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.5% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Western Europe peaked at 17,649 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 8,948 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Western Europe 20th 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 — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,309 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,505 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 1963 | 11,178 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1964 | 11,815 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 11,729 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 11,164 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 12,921 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1968 | 13,136 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 12,745 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 15,431 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1971 | 13,550 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1972 | 11,955 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1973 | 15,727 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1974 | 13,549 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1975 | 13,633 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 13,834 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 10,512 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1978 | 13,053 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1979 | 15,800 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1980 | 14,645 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 11,220 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1982 | 17,649 kg/ha | +57.3% |
| 1983 | 14,869 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1984 | 14,959 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 10,946 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1986 | 12,802 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1987 | 11,432 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1988 | 12,154 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 12,197 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 12,232 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 8,948 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1992 | 13,382 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 1993 | 11,213 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1994 | 11,769 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 11,749 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 12,222 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 11,351 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 11,886 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 13,396 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 13,786 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 12,128 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2002 | 12,201 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 10,990 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 12,633 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2005 | 11,857 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 11,620 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 11,904 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 11,520 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 12,251 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 11,298 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 12,650 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 10,716 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 11,068 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 12,408 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 12,370 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 12,187 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 10,452 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2018 | 12,824 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2019 | 11,345 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 11,678 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 10,527 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 12,073 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2023 | 11,948 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 10,570 kg/ha | -11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,945 kg/ha | 9,309 kg/ha | 13,505 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,704 kg/ha | 10,512 kg/ha | 15,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,287 kg/ha | 10,946 kg/ha | 17,649 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,815 kg/ha | 8,948 kg/ha | 13,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,089 kg/ha | 10,990 kg/ha | 13,786 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,732 kg/ha | 10,452 kg/ha | 12,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,359 kg/ha | 10,527 kg/ha | 12,073 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,901 kg/ha compare
- 17 New Zealand 23,374 kg/ha compare
- 18 Ecuador 23,198 kg/ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 4,532 kg/ha compare
- 19 Israel 22,740 kg/ha compare
- 19 Polynesia 4,381 kg/ha compare
- 20 Angola 22,698 kg/ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,452 kg/ha compare
- 21 Egypt 20,930 kg/ha compare
- 22 Jordan 20,845 kg/ha compare
- 23 Bahamas 20,264 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -0.4719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in Western Europe?
- Fruit primary — yield in Western Europe was 10,570 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 17,649 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,948 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Western Europe rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 — Yield. 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.