Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Euro area
Euro area: Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita was 0.0472 hectares per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Euro area, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Euro area is 0.0472 hectares per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 48.6% on the previous year and down 53.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Euro area peaked at 0.1398 hectares per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0472 hectares per person, in 2024.
Euro area ranks 28th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Euro area, year by year
| Year | hectares per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1384 hectares per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1398 hectares per person | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1364 hectares per person | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 0.1353 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 0.1334 hectares per person | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 0.1301 hectares per person | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 0.1294 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.1305 hectares per person | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.1292 hectares per person | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.1283 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.1273 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.1265 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.1241 hectares per person | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1248 hectares per person | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.1227 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.1225 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.1186 hectares per person | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 0.1222 hectares per person | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1204 hectares per person | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.1204 hectares per person | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1178 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1183 hectares per person | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1169 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.1172 hectares per person | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.115 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1147 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1124 hectares per person | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.1119 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.1122 hectares per person | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.1077 hectares per person | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1076 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1135 hectares per person | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 0.1091 hectares per person | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 0.1068 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.1074 hectares per person | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.109 hectares per person | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.1131 hectares per person | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 0.111 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.107 hectares per person | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.1102 hectares per person | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.109 hectares per person | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1109 hectares per person | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1061 hectares per person | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1081 hectares per person | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1056 hectares per person | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.102 hectares per person | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.1014 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1073 hectares per person | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 0.1026 hectares per person | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0989 hectares per person | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0988 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1011 hectares per person | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.102 hectares per person | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.1017 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.1003 hectares per person | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0991 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0953 hectares per person | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0944 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0964 hectares per person | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0945 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0952 hectares per person | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0936 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0917 hectares per person | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0472 hectares per person | -48.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Euro area 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -48.6% | 0.0917 hectares per person | 0.0472 hectares per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1336 hectares per person | 0.1292 hectares per person | 0.1398 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1237 hectares per person | 0.1186 hectares per person | 0.1283 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1157 hectares per person | 0.1119 hectares per person | 0.1204 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1092 hectares per person | 0.1068 hectares per person | 0.1135 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1063 hectares per person | 0.1014 hectares per person | 0.1109 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0988 hectares per person | 0.0944 hectares per person | 0.102 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0844 hectares per person | 0.0472 hectares per person | 0.0952 hectares per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 25 Poland 0.1959 hectares per person compare
- 26 Burkina Faso 0.1847 hectares per person compare
- 27 Thailand 0.1749 hectares per person compare
- 28 Finland 0.1627 hectares per person compare
- 29 Chad 0.1614 hectares per person compare
- 30 United States 0.1591 hectares per person compare
- 31 Togo 0.157 hectares per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Euro area
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 278.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 80.79 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 22.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 776.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3014 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Euro area?
- Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Euro area was 0.0472 hectares per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1398 hectares per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0472 hectares per person in 2024.
- How does Euro area rank for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita?
- Euro area ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land under cereal production (hectares) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land under cereal production FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.