Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita was 0.1683 hectares per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) recorded 0.1683 hectares per person for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in 2024.
The figure is down 12.9% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 0.2661 hectares per person in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.0671 hectares per person, in 1990.
That places Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | hectares per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1004 hectares per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0989 hectares per person | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0971 hectares per person | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0948 hectares per person | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0931 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0915 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0901 hectares per person | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0892 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0888 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0865 hectares per person | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0859 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.083 hectares per person | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0796 hectares per person | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0814 hectares per person | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0827 hectares per person | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0812 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0802 hectares per person | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0778 hectares per person | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0787 hectares per person | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0747 hectares per person | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0762 hectares per person | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.074 hectares per person | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0723 hectares per person | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0714 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0723 hectares per person | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0714 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0702 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0693 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0673 hectares per person | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0671 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0671 hectares per person | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.2634 hectares per person | +292.4% |
| 1993 | 0.2661 hectares per person | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2498 hectares per person | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2375 hectares per person | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2293 hectares per person | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 0.2346 hectares per person | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2117 hectares per person | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 0.207 hectares per person | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2131 hectares per person | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.2256 hectares per person | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2278 hectares per person | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2158 hectares per person | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2293 hectares per person | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2267 hectares per person | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2288 hectares per person | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.2253 hectares per person | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.232 hectares per person | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2393 hectares per person | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2256 hectares per person | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2299 hectares per person | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.2189 hectares per person | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 0.2265 hectares per person | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.2146 hectares per person | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2123 hectares per person | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2105 hectares per person | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2058 hectares per person | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2018 hectares per person | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2044 hectares per person | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2064 hectares per person | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2075 hectares per person | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.1935 hectares per person | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 0.1932 hectares per person | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.1683 hectares per person | -12.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +292.4% | 0.0671 hectares per person | 0.2634 hectares per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0938 hectares per person | 0.0888 hectares per person | 0.1004 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0817 hectares per person | 0.0778 hectares per person | 0.0865 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0719 hectares per person | 0.0673 hectares per person | 0.0762 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2034 hectares per person | 0.0671 hectares per person | 0.2661 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2264 hectares per person | 0.2131 hectares per person | 0.2393 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.215 hectares per person | 0.2018 hectares per person | 0.2299 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1938 hectares per person | 0.1683 hectares per person | 0.2075 hectares per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
More agriculture & rural data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 175.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 80.22 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 31.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0622 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9714 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 0.1683 hectares per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2661 hectares per person in 1993.
- What is the lowest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0671 hectares per person in 1990.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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.