Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 23,454 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Southern Europe is 23,454 ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 179,800 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 23,326 ha, in 2014.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Southern 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 | 52,785 ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 43,103 ha | -18.3% |
| 1994 | 33,359 ha | -22.6% |
| 1995 | 40,333 ha | +20.9% |
| 1996 | 39,628 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 38,113 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 39,325 ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 37,101 ha | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 36,565 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 28,279 ha | -22.7% |
| 2002 | 27,952 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 27,982 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 27,727 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 27,567 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 27,370 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 27,015 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 29,319 ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 29,259 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 29,112 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 27,347 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 24,537 ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 24,517 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 23,326 ha | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 24,204 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 23,913 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 23,454 ha | -1.9% |
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 | 42,457 ha | 33,359 ha | 59,624 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,904 ha | 27,015 ha | 36,565 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,051 ha | 23,326 ha | 29,112 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Southern Europe was 23,454 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 179,800 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,326 ha in 2014.
- How does Southern Europe rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 2nd out of 11 groups with data for 2017.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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.