Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested was 3,640 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 3,640 ha for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 5,400 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 3,640 ha, in 2024.
Belgium ranks 7th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,100 ha | — |
| 2001 | 5,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 5,100 ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 5,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 4,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 4,500 ha | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 5,100 ha | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 4,400 ha | -13.7% |
| 2013 | 4,700 ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 4,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 4,480 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 4,389 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 4,723 ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 3,800 ha | -19.5% |
| 2019 | 4,020 ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 3,960 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 4,170 ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 3,780 ha | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 3,670 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 3,640 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,920 ha | 4,500 ha | 5,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,491 ha | 3,800 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,844 ha | 3,640 ha | 4,170 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 4 France 5,460 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 4,936 ha compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 3,961 ha compare
- 8 Republic of Korea 3,228 ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,180 ha compare
- 10 Belgium-Luxembourg 2,683 ha
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)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7302 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7302 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Belgium?
- Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Belgium was 3,640 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 5,400 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,640 ha in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 7th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. 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 Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — 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.