Oats — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Oats — Area harvested was 3,210 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 3,210 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 9.6% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 7,023 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2,800 ha, in 2012.
That places Belgium 58th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,300 ha | — |
| 2001 | 6,800 ha | +28.3% |
| 2002 | 6,500 ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 7,023 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 5,688 ha | -19.0% |
| 2005 | 5,675 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 5,303 ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 5,113 ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 5,150 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 5,612 ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 4,876 ha | -13.1% |
| 2011 | 3,516 ha | -27.9% |
| 2012 | 2,800 ha | -20.4% |
| 2013 | 3,756 ha | +34.1% |
| 2014 | 3,100 ha | -17.5% |
| 2015 | 3,937 ha | +27.0% |
| 2016 | 3,669 ha | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 4,039 ha | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 3,470 ha | -14.1% |
| 2019 | 3,860 ha | +11.2% |
| 2020 | 3,980 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 3,610 ha | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 3,400 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 2,930 ha | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 3,210 ha | +9.6% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 3,210 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 7% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 3,210 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 13% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,816 ha | 5,113 ha | 7,023 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,702 ha | 2,800 ha | 4,876 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,426 ha | 2,930 ha | 3,980 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 55 New Zealand 4,420 ha compare
- 56 Tunisia 4,388 ha compare
- 57 Kenya 3,647 ha compare
- 59 North Macedonia 2,587 ha compare
- 60 Switzerland 2,135 ha compare
- 61 Tajikistan 1,959 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Belgium?
- Oats — area harvested in Belgium was 3,210 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 7,023 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,800 ha in 2012.
- How does Belgium rank for oats — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 58th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — Area harvested. 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.