Mixed grain — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Mixed grain — Area harvested was 432,010 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mixed grain — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 432,010 ha for mixed grain — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.2% on the previous year and down 59.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mixed grain — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 1.83 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 432,010 ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Mixed grain — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.79 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.78 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 1.83 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 1.74 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1965 | 1.59 million ha | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 1.48 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 1.42 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 1.39 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 1.37 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 1.37 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 1.28 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 1.31 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 1.27 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 1.24 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 1.28 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 1.24 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 1.24 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 1.20 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 1.28 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 1.21 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 1.32 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1982 | 1.45 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 1.30 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1984 | 1.25 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 1.29 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 1.40 million ha | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 1.36 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 1.45 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 1.41 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 1.40 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 1.46 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 1.52 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 1.47 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 1.53 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 1.59 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 1.52 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 1.71 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 1.72 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1.64 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 1.72 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 1.68 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 1.57 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 1.69 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 1.68 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.64 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 1.76 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 1.70 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 1.61 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 1.52 million ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 1.27 million ha | -16.2% |
| 2011 | 1.38 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 1.47 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 1.19 million ha | -18.9% |
| 2014 | 1.06 million ha | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 954,578 ha | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 952,465 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.03 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2018 | 1.20 million ha | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 1.15 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 804,980 ha | -30.2% |
| 2021 | 900,320 ha | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 581,920 ha | -35.4% |
| 2023 | 481,080 ha | -17.3% |
| 2024 | 432,010 ha | -10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.60 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.27 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.34 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.55 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 1.72 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.66 million ha | 1.52 million ha | 1.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 million ha | 952,465 ha | 1.47 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 640,062 ha | 432,010 ha | 900,320 ha | 5 |
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 50.78 million t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mixed grain — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Mixed grain — area harvested in European Union (27) was 432,010 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mixed grain — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.83 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest mixed grain — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 432,010 ha in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for mixed grain — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 3rd out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mixed grain — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Mixed grain — 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.