Hop cones — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Hop cones — Area harvested was 200 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Hop cones — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, hop cones — area harvested in Belgium stood at 200 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and up 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hop cones — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 300 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 156 ha, in 2014.
Belgium ranks 26th of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Hop cones — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 300 ha | — |
| 2001 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 225 ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 218 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 176 ha | -19.3% |
| 2006 | 287 ha | +63.1% |
| 2007 | 192 ha | -33.1% |
| 2008 | 201 ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 196 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 200 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 197 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 161 ha | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 164 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 156 ha | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 159 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 174 ha | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 192 ha | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 200 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 210 ha | +16.7% |
| 2024 | 200 ha | -4.8% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 200 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40 ha, 5.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 200 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 55 ha, 3.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Hop cones — Area harvested in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +63.1% | 176 ha | 287 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 239.5 ha | 176 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 180.3 ha | 156 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 198 ha | 180 ha | 210 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 23 Belgium-Luxembourg 262 ha
- 24 Serbia and Montenegro 227 ha compare
- 25 Romania 210 ha compare
- 27 Italy 70 ha compare
- 28 Russian Federation 69 ha compare
- 29 Slovakia 40 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hop cones — area harvested in Belgium?
- Hop cones — area harvested in Belgium was 200 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hop cones — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 300 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest hop cones — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 156 ha in 2014.
- How does Belgium rank for hop cones — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 26th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is hop cones — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Hop cones — 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.