Natural honey — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Natural honey — Production was 60,672 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural honey — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural honey — production in Western Europe is 60,672 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.2% on the previous year and up 66.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Western Europe peaked at 73,014 t in 1995 and was at its lowest, 23,857 t, in 1961.
That places Western Europe 19th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural honey — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,857 t | — |
| 1962 | 26,626 t | +11.6% |
| 1963 | 32,324 t | +21.4% |
| 1964 | 43,390 t | +34.2% |
| 1965 | 29,334 t | -32.4% |
| 1966 | 32,506 t | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 37,702 t | +16.0% |
| 1968 | 43,995 t | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 35,748 t | -18.7% |
| 1970 | 49,119 t | +37.4% |
| 1971 | 37,008 t | -24.7% |
| 1972 | 29,338 t | -20.7% |
| 1973 | 34,352 t | +17.1% |
| 1974 | 37,388 t | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 30,318 t | -18.9% |
| 1976 | 60,181 t | +98.5% |
| 1977 | 36,190 t | -39.9% |
| 1978 | 32,842 t | -9.3% |
| 1979 | 34,646 t | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 31,793 t | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 38,274 t | +20.4% |
| 1982 | 53,065 t | +38.6% |
| 1983 | 54,155 t | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 46,120 t | -14.8% |
| 1985 | 34,520 t | -25.2% |
| 1986 | 46,577 t | +34.9% |
| 1987 | 45,661 t | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 48,378 t | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 68,777 t | +42.2% |
| 1990 | 52,207 t | -24.1% |
| 1991 | 52,654 t | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 53,897 t | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 58,741 t | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 51,714 t | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 73,014 t | +41.2% |
| 1996 | 41,169 t | -43.6% |
| 1997 | 40,368 t | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 45,234 t | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 49,815 t | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 50,862 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 55,631 t | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 41,853 t | -24.8% |
| 2003 | 49,427 t | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 52,847 t | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 46,976 t | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 50,175 t | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 45,058 t | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 38,804 t | -13.9% |
| 2009 | 40,877 t | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 47,373 t | +15.9% |
| 2011 | 50,478 t | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 38,871 t | -23.0% |
| 2013 | 39,637 t | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 36,512 t | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 49,440 t | +35.4% |
| 2016 | 40,226 t | -18.6% |
| 2017 | 46,510 t | +15.6% |
| 2018 | 49,206 t | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 46,363 t | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 62,667 t | +35.2% |
| 2021 | 40,224 t | -35.8% |
| 2022 | 62,948 t | +56.5% |
| 2023 | 66,853 t | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 60,672 t | -9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,942 t | 23,857 t | 43,995 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,138 t | 29,338 t | 60,181 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,732 t | 31,793 t | 68,777 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,881 t | 40,368 t | 73,014 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,251 t | 38,804 t | 55,631 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,462 t | 36,512 t | 50,478 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,673 t | 40,224 t | 66,853 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural honey — production in Western Europe?
- Natural honey — production in Western Europe was 60,672 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 73,014 t in 1995.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,857 t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for natural honey — production?
- Western Europe ranks 19th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.