Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 24,436 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 24,436 ha for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 206,826 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 24,436 ha, in 2017.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 206,370 ha | — |
| 1962 | 203,280 ha | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 200,820 ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 187,545 ha | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 191,372 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 204,092 ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 204,711 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 166,952 ha | -18.4% |
| 1969 | 198,621 ha | +19.0% |
| 1970 | 206,826 ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 202,808 ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 198,272 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 195,994 ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 185,776 ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 178,697 ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 173,262 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 169,345 ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 152,691 ha | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 140,780 ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 140,763 ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 137,944 ha | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 134,943 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 132,863 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 130,029 ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 148,915 ha | +14.5% |
| 1986 | 147,715 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 144,910 ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 140,590 ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 139,275 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 45,203 ha | -67.5% |
| 1991 | 63,524 ha | +40.5% |
| 1992 | 56,585 ha | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 46,803 ha | -17.3% |
| 1994 | 35,859 ha | -23.4% |
| 1995 | 42,833 ha | +19.4% |
| 1996 | 42,128 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 40,613 ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 41,725 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 39,501 ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 38,965 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 30,679 ha | -21.3% |
| 2002 | 30,302 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 29,513 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 29,634 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 29,498 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 29,367 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 28,262 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 30,546 ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 31,353 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 30,398 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 29,138 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 26,246 ha | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 25,664 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 24,955 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 25,299 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 24,873 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 24,436 ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 195,974 ha | 166,952 ha | 206,370 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 180,445 ha | 140,780 ha | 206,826 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 139,795 ha | 130,029 ha | 148,915 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,477 ha | 35,859 ha | 63,524 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,812 ha | 28,262 ha | 38,965 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,376 ha | 24,436 ha | 30,398 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in European Union (27) was 24,436 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 206,826 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,436 ha in 2017.
- How does European Union (27) rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 1st out of 11 groups with data for 2017.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Locust beans (carobs) — 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.