Mixed grain — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Mixed grain — Area harvested was 11,573 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mixed grain — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 11,573 ha for mixed grain — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.4% on the previous year and up 108.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mixed grain — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 79,527 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1996.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7th out of 35 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mixed grain — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,505 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,849 ha | -16.0% |
| 1963 | 40,273 ha | -20.8% |
| 1964 | 31,761 ha | -21.1% |
| 1965 | 30,136 ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 29,718 ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 36,172 ha | +21.7% |
| 1968 | 45,431 ha | +25.6% |
| 1969 | 63,717 ha | +40.3% |
| 1970 | 79,527 ha | +24.8% |
| 1971 | 55,609 ha | -30.1% |
| 1972 | 62,897 ha | +13.1% |
| 1973 | 51,170 ha | -18.6% |
| 1974 | 42,970 ha | -16.0% |
| 1975 | 35,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 1976 | 28,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1977 | 23,734 ha | -15.2% |
| 1978 | 17,123 ha | -27.9% |
| 1979 | 15,624 ha | -8.8% |
| 1980 | 13,404 ha | -14.2% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | -17.9% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1989 | 4,811 ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 4,200 ha | -12.7% |
| 1991 | 3,700 ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 3,572 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 3,236 ha | -9.4% |
| 1994 | 3,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1995 | 3,315 ha | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 1,000 ha | -69.8% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,700 ha | +70.0% |
| 1999 | 2,300 ha | +35.3% |
| 2000 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 3,800 ha | +46.2% |
| 2003 | 4,200 ha | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 3,400 ha | -15.0% |
| 2006 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7,000 ha | +133.3% |
| 2010 | 5,500 ha | -21.4% |
| 2011 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 6,400 ha | +28.0% |
| 2014 | 5,561 ha | -13.1% |
| 2015 | 4,412 ha | -20.7% |
| 2016 | 4,659 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 5,081 ha | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 6,977 ha | +37.3% |
| 2019 | 6,884 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 8,946 ha | +30.0% |
| 2021 | 9,998 ha | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 8,851 ha | -11.5% |
| 2023 | 10,292 ha | +16.3% |
| 2024 | 11,573 ha | +12.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mixed grain — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +133.3% | 3,000 ha | 7,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,174 ha | 29,718 ha | 63,717 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,165 ha | 15,624 ha | 79,527 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,122 ha | 4,811 ha | 13,404 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,702 ha | 1,000 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,690 ha | 2,400 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,647 ha | 4,412 ha | 6,977 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,932 ha | 8,851 ha | 11,573 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mixed grain — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Mixed grain — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 11,573 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mixed grain — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 79,527 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest mixed grain — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1996.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for mixed grain — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 7th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mixed grain — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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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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.