Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested was 22,410 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in European Union (27) stood at 22,410 ha.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 33,955 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 12,498 ha, in 1980.
That places European Union (27) 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,081 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,314 ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 16,130 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 15,539 ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 16,349 ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 15,564 ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 16,849 ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 16,547 ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 17,873 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 15,898 ha | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 16,650 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 14,698 ha | -11.7% |
| 1973 | 14,379 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 14,383 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 14,083 ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 14,347 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 14,748 ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 13,865 ha | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 14,454 ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 12,498 ha | -13.5% |
| 1981 | 12,839 ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 14,152 ha | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 14,291 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 14,342 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 14,657 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 18,069 ha | +23.3% |
| 1987 | 21,336 ha | +18.1% |
| 1988 | 21,055 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 20,920 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 29,009 ha | +38.7% |
| 1991 | 30,414 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 30,009 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 31,741 ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 31,241 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 31,141 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 30,089 ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 30,312 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 30,067 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 30,276 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 33,955 ha | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 31,230 ha | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 29,922 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 30,746 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 30,453 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 30,433 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 31,328 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 30,869 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 30,403 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 29,234 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 28,507 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 28,570 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 27,213 ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 26,315 ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 25,661 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 25,472 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 26,079 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 27,494 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 24,151 ha | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 24,580 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 23,580 ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 24,820 ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 22,080 ha | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 21,510 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 22,410 ha | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,027 ha | 14,081 ha | 17,873 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,750 ha | 13,865 ha | 16,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,416 ha | 12,498 ha | 21,336 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,430 ha | 29,009 ha | 31,741 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,857 ha | 29,234 ha | 33,955 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,404 ha | 24,151 ha | 28,570 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,880 ha | 21,510 ha | 24,820 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in European Union (27) was 22,410 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 33,955 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,498 ha in 1980.
- How does European Union (27) rank for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.