Mustard seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Mustard seed — Area harvested was 3,099 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mustard seed — area harvested in Southern Europe is 3,099 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 3,800 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1994.
Southern Europe ranks 18th of 22 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1965 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1966 | 1,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 1,100 ha | -31.2% |
| 1968 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | -27.3% |
| 1970 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 401 ha | -42.7% |
| 1972 | 238 ha | -40.6% |
| 1973 | 151 ha | -36.6% |
| 1974 | 196 ha | +29.8% |
| 1975 | 199 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 150 ha | -24.6% |
| 1977 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 121 ha | -19.3% |
| 1979 | 168 ha | +38.8% |
| 1980 | 71 ha | -57.7% |
| 1981 | 50 ha | -29.6% |
| 1982 | 20 ha | -60.0% |
| 1983 | 15 ha | -25.0% |
| 1984 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 18 ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 20 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 18 ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 20 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 24 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 25 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 20 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2006 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 2007 | 700 ha | -72.0% |
| 2008 | 1,300 ha | +85.7% |
| 2009 | 3,800 ha | +192.3% |
| 2010 | 1,300 ha | -65.8% |
| 2011 | 2,500 ha | +92.3% |
| 2012 | 3,100 ha | +24.0% |
| 2013 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 2,916 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 2,947 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,978 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 3,025 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 3,079 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 3,119 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 3,074 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 3,085 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 3,136 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 3,099 ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,778 ha | 800 ha | 2,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 247.4 ha | 121 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.2 ha | 15 ha | 71 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.8 ha | 0 ha | 25 ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 2,075 ha | 700 ha | 3,800 ha | 4 |
| 2010s | 2,794 ha | 1,300 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,103 ha | 3,074 ha | 3,136 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mustard seed — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Mustard seed — area harvested in Southern Europe was 3,099 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,800 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1994.
- How does Southern Europe rank for mustard seed — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 18th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mustard seed — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. 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 Mustard seed — 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.