Natural honey — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Natural honey — Production was 270,168 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural honey — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, natural honey — production in European Union (27) stood at 270,168 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in European Union (27) peaked at 275,901 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 63,170 t, in 1961.
European Union (27) ranks 6th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural honey — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,170 t | — |
| 1962 | 66,009 t | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 81,969 t | +24.2% |
| 1964 | 89,155 t | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 78,567 t | -11.9% |
| 1966 | 85,533 t | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 99,721 t | +16.6% |
| 1968 | 96,538 t | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 93,165 t | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 102,192 t | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 103,975 t | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 94,446 t | -9.2% |
| 1973 | 101,614 t | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 93,796 t | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 93,936 t | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 133,419 t | +42.0% |
| 1977 | 104,563 t | -21.6% |
| 1978 | 105,779 t | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 115,875 t | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 111,127 t | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 123,487 t | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 150,086 t | +21.5% |
| 1983 | 156,050 t | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 142,866 t | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 125,105 t | -12.4% |
| 1986 | 148,833 t | +19.0% |
| 1987 | 147,135 t | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 151,688 t | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 174,447 t | +15.0% |
| 1990 | 152,208 t | -12.7% |
| 1991 | 147,512 t | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 156,398 t | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 177,396 t | +13.4% |
| 1994 | 164,695 t | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 176,373 t | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 154,507 t | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 155,496 t | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 163,416 t | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 168,373 t | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 167,725 t | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 180,341 t | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 172,943 t | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 189,993 t | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 199,572 t | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 192,484 t | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 200,483 t | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 187,996 t | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 190,749 t | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 194,770 t | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 200,422 t | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 214,980 t | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 189,293 t | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 206,367 t | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 202,046 t | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 250,103 t | +23.8% |
| 2016 | 224,226 t | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 240,301 t | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 266,136 t | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 232,755 t | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 246,671 t | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 231,094 t | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 275,901 t | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 270,225 t | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 270,168 t | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,759 t | 63,170 t | 99,721 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 104,960 t | 93,796 t | 133,419 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 143,082 t | 111,127 t | 174,447 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 161,637 t | 147,512 t | 177,396 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 187,706 t | 167,725 t | 200,483 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 222,663 t | 189,293 t | 266,136 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 258,812 t | 231,094 t | 275,901 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural honey — production in European Union (27)?
- Natural honey — production in European Union (27) was 270,168 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 275,901 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,170 t in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for natural honey — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 6th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Natural honey — Production. 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.