Locust beans (carobs) — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Locust beans (carobs) — Production was 91,695 t in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for locust beans (carobs) — production in European Union (27) is 91,695 t, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — production in European Union (27) peaked at 604,927 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 64,201 t, in 2006.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 604,927 t | — |
| 1962 | 551,915 t | -8.8% |
| 1963 | 521,605 t | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 598,954 t | +14.8% |
| 1965 | 599,549 t | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 512,565 t | -14.5% |
| 1967 | 490,083 t | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 477,916 t | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 525,024 t | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 495,392 t | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 433,809 t | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 415,869 t | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 435,491 t | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 391,008 t | -10.2% |
| 1975 | 369,490 t | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 390,335 t | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 301,451 t | -22.8% |
| 1978 | 325,382 t | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 318,721 t | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 317,029 t | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 332,570 t | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 320,135 t | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 293,370 t | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 271,190 t | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 263,024 t | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 271,826 t | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 230,777 t | -15.1% |
| 1988 | 247,671 t | +7.3% |
| 1989 | 234,695 t | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 75,804 t | -67.7% |
| 1991 | 122,519 t | +61.6% |
| 1992 | 112,165 t | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 119,911 t | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 87,008 t | -27.4% |
| 1995 | 106,368 t | +22.3% |
| 1996 | 109,715 t | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 104,250 t | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 105,391 t | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 106,613 t | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 108,750 t | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 78,262 t | -28.0% |
| 2002 | 88,268 t | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 74,164 t | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 69,927 t | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 100,667 t | +44.0% |
| 2006 | 64,201 t | -36.2% |
| 2007 | 79,132 t | +23.3% |
| 2008 | 107,296 t | +35.6% |
| 2009 | 85,659 t | -20.2% |
| 2010 | 87,573 t | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 116,590 t | +33.1% |
| 2012 | 83,870 t | -28.1% |
| 2013 | 71,724 t | -14.5% |
| 2014 | 122,258 t | +70.5% |
| 2015 | 89,063 t | -27.2% |
| 2016 | 91,504 t | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 91,695 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 542,504 t | 477,916 t | 604,927 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 387,695 t | 301,451 t | 495,392 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 278,229 t | 230,777 t | 332,570 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 104,974 t | 75,804 t | 122,519 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 85,633 t | 64,201 t | 108,750 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,285 t | 71,724 t | 122,258 t | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — production in European Union (27)?
- Locust beans (carobs) — production in European Union (27) was 91,695 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 604,927 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,201 t in 2006.
- How does European Union (27) rank for locust beans (carobs) — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 1st out of 11 groups with data for 2017.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. 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) — Production. 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.