Hazelnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Hazelnuts, in shell — Area harvested was 90,390 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Hazelnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 90,390 ha for hazelnuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hazelnuts, in shell — area harvested in Italy peaked at 90,390 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52,300 ha, in 1965.
Italy ranks 1st of 38 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Hazelnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 52,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 52,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 52,600 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 52,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 54,300 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 57,800 ha | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 59,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 60,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 60,400 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 62,200 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 65,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 66,700 ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 67,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 68,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 68,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 68,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 70,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 70,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 70,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 69,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 69,353 ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 68,925 ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 69,871 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 70,416 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 69,189 ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 67,994 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 67,919 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 67,406 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 68,044 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 66,651 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 69,605 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 65,300 ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 68,692 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 68,920 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 69,669 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 68,848 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 68,740 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 68,868 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 68,419 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 68,742 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 68,113 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 67,506 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 67,743 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 69,685 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 72,314 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 71,050 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 70,526 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 55,904 ha | -20.7% |
| 2011 | 70,492 ha | +26.1% |
| 2012 | 57,992 ha | -17.7% |
| 2013 | 71,459 ha | +23.2% |
| 2014 | 72,125 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 72,214 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 69,285 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 73,772 ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 78,590 ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 79,350 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 80,280 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 82,590 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 84,430 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 87,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 90,390 ha | +3.3% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 90,390 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 840 ha, 107.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Italy's 90,390 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 415 ha, 217.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Hazelnuts, in shell — Area harvested in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +26.1% | 55,904 ha | 70,492 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,833 ha | 52,300 ha | 60,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 66,540 ha | 60,400 ha | 70,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,347 ha | 67,919 ha | 70,416 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,188 ha | 65,300 ha | 69,669 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,297 ha | 67,506 ha | 72,314 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,118 ha | 55,904 ha | 79,350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,038 ha | 80,280 ha | 90,390 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 2 Azerbaijan 55,223 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 749,769 ha compare
- 3 Chile 49,264 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 26,317 ha compare
- 4 Georgia 24,014 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 547 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hazelnuts, in shell — area harvested in Italy?
- Hazelnuts, in shell — area harvested in Italy was 90,390 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hazelnuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 90,390 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest hazelnuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,300 ha in 1965.
- How does Italy rank for hazelnuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 1st out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is hazelnuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Hazelnuts, in shell — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.