Natural honey — Production in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Natural honey — Production was 28,088 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural honey — Production in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, natural honey — production in Northern Europe stood at 28,088 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Northern Europe peaked at 30,375 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,700 t, in 1962.
That places Northern Europe 23rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural honey — Production in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 4,700 t | -36.5% |
| 1963 | 5,500 t | +17.0% |
| 1964 | 5,900 t | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 6,210 t | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 6,082 t | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 7,613 t | +25.2% |
| 1968 | 8,100 t | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 6,827 t | -15.7% |
| 1970 | 6,033 t | -11.6% |
| 1971 | 6,966 t | +15.5% |
| 1972 | 5,249 t | -24.6% |
| 1973 | 7,743 t | +47.5% |
| 1974 | 5,986 t | -22.7% |
| 1975 | 7,129 t | +19.1% |
| 1976 | 6,500 t | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 5,851 t | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 5,465 t | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 6,159 t | +12.7% |
| 1980 | 6,643 t | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 8,030 t | +20.9% |
| 1982 | 9,300 t | +15.8% |
| 1983 | 9,652 t | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 9,284 t | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 8,621 t | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 8,883 t | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 7,651 t | -13.9% |
| 1988 | 9,093 t | +18.8% |
| 1989 | 12,866 t | +41.5% |
| 1990 | 9,344 t | -27.4% |
| 1991 | 10,454 t | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 14,701 t | +40.6% |
| 1993 | 13,960 t | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 12,515 t | -10.4% |
| 1995 | 14,122 t | +12.8% |
| 1996 | 10,793 t | -23.6% |
| 1997 | 12,163 t | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 9,339 t | -23.2% |
| 1999 | 11,565 t | +23.8% |
| 2000 | 9,593 t | -17.1% |
| 2001 | 11,495 t | +19.8% |
| 2002 | 15,488 t | +34.7% |
| 2003 | 15,611 t | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 15,005 t | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 17,783 t | +18.5% |
| 2006 | 20,600 t | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 18,148 t | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 17,628 t | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 17,566 t | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 19,061 t | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 18,951 t | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 19,224 t | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 20,480 t | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 23,135 t | +13.0% |
| 2015 | 22,592 t | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 21,647 t | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 22,879 t | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 25,419 t | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 27,785 t | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 26,726 t | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 30,375 t | +13.7% |
| 2022 | 29,373 t | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 27,568 t | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 28,088 t | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,481 t | 4,700 t | 8,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,308 t | 5,249 t | 7,743 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,002 t | 6,643 t | 12,866 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,896 t | 9,339 t | 14,701 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,892 t | 9,593 t | 20,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,117 t | 18,951 t | 27,785 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,426 t | 26,726 t | 30,375 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural honey — production in Northern Europe?
- Natural honey — production in Northern Europe was 28,088 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 30,375 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,700 t in 1962.
- How does Northern Europe rank for natural honey — production?
- Northern Europe ranks 23rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.