Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 100 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Europe stood at 100 ha.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 99.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Europe peaked at 179,800 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 97 ha, in 2019.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 179,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 176,480 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 173,790 ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 160,395 ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 164,002 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 176,202 ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 176,361 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 137,802 ha | -21.9% |
| 1969 | 169,361 ha | +22.9% |
| 1970 | 177,394 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 173,376 ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 170,178 ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 169,238 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 168,385 ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 161,306 ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 155,871 ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 151,954 ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 144,664 ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 132,753 ha | -8.2% |
| 1980 | 132,736 ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 129,917 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 126,916 ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 125,104 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 122,404 ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 144,500 ha | +18.1% |
| 1986 | 143,300 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 140,495 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 136,390 ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 135,075 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 41,203 ha | -69.5% |
| 1991 | 59,624 ha | +44.7% |
| 1992 | 52,885 ha | -11.3% |
| 1993 | 43,203 ha | -18.3% |
| 1994 | 33,459 ha | -22.6% |
| 1995 | 40,433 ha | +20.8% |
| 1996 | 39,728 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 38,213 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 39,425 ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 37,201 ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 36,665 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 28,379 ha | -22.6% |
| 2002 | 28,052 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 28,082 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 27,827 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 27,667 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 27,470 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 27,115 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 29,419 ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 29,359 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 29,212 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 27,447 ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 24,637 ha | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 24,617 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 23,426 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 24,304 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 24,013 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 23,553 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 98 ha | -99.6% |
| 2019 | 97 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 97 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 98 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 98 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 100 ha | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -99.6% | 23,553 ha | 98 ha |
| 1990 | -69.5% | 135,075 ha | 41,203 ha |
| 1991 | +44.7% | 41,203 ha | 59,624 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 168,244 ha | 137,802 ha | 179,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 160,512 ha | 132,753 ha | 177,394 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 133,684 ha | 122,404 ha | 144,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,537 ha | 33,459 ha | 59,624 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,004 ha | 27,115 ha | 36,665 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,140 ha | 97 ha | 29,212 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.4 ha | 97 ha | 100 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Europe?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Europe was 100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 179,800 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 97 ha in 2019.
- How does Europe rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 8th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Locust beans (carobs) — 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.