Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 12,284 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Europe stood at 12,284 ha. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Europe peaked at 26,610 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 12,284 ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,610 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,020 ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 25,440 ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 25,060 ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 23,090 ha | -7.9% |
| 1966 | 23,110 ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 23,036 ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 23,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 19,000 ha | -20.8% |
| 1974 | 16,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1975 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 19,507 ha | -11.3% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 21,398 ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 22,790 ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 22,199 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 22,184 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 20,979 ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 21,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 22,314 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 23,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 22,855 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 22,097 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 18,763 ha | -15.1% |
| 2007 | 17,386 ha | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 14,685 ha | -15.5% |
| 2009 | 14,149 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 13,705 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 13,200 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 13,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12,937 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 12,941 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12,815 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 12,868 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 12,862 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 12,807 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 12,492 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 12,432 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 12,357 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 12,284 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,263 ha | 23,000 ha | 26,610 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,400 ha | 16,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,900 ha | 18,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,229 ha | 19,507 ha | 22,790 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 19,825 ha | 14,149 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,093 ha | 12,815 ha | 13,705 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,474 ha | 12,284 ha | 12,807 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Europe?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Europe was 12,284 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 26,610 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,284 ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 8th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested. 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.