Oats — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Oats — Area harvested was 25,510 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Hungary stood at 25,510 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.7% on the previous year and down 49.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 120,767 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 16,900 ha, in 2022.
Hungary ranks 40th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Hungary, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 120,767 ha | — |
| 1962 | 96,707 ha | -19.9% |
| 1963 | 104,005 ha | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 77,745 ha | -25.2% |
| 1965 | 65,168 ha | -16.2% |
| 1966 | 72,222 ha | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 62,500 ha | -13.5% |
| 1968 | 56,958 ha | -8.9% |
| 1969 | 51,394 ha | -9.8% |
| 1970 | 46,600 ha | -9.3% |
| 1971 | 48,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 52,400 ha | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 40,000 ha | -23.7% |
| 1974 | 37,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 44,710 ha | +20.8% |
| 1976 | 38,580 ha | -13.7% |
| 1977 | 31,849 ha | -17.4% |
| 1978 | 27,450 ha | -13.8% |
| 1979 | 44,396 ha | +61.7% |
| 1980 | 35,069 ha | -21.0% |
| 1981 | 55,249 ha | +57.5% |
| 1982 | 50,057 ha | -9.4% |
| 1983 | 47,590 ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 43,770 ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 44,004 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 41,335 ha | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 39,637 ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 41,870 ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 44,722 ha | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 47,787 ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 50,840 ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 52,368 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 52,826 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 56,272 ha | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 53,375 ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 47,811 ha | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 52,213 ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 51,717 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 70,851 ha | +37.0% |
| 2000 | 58,277 ha | -17.7% |
| 2001 | 60,625 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 63,812 ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 68,389 ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 69,613 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 62,420 ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 59,255 ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 59,991 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 61,221 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 52,230 ha | -14.7% |
| 2010 | 50,799 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 53,539 ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 53,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 51,230 ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 50,870 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 45,394 ha | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 36,310 ha | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 37,254 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 22,630 ha | -39.3% |
| 2019 | 21,770 ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 25,760 ha | +18.3% |
| 2021 | 25,040 ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 16,900 ha | -32.5% |
| 2023 | 22,050 ha | +30.5% |
| 2024 | 25,510 ha | +15.7% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 25,510 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 53% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 25,510 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,607 ha | 51,394 ha | 120,767 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,098 ha | 27,450 ha | 52,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,330 ha | 35,069 ha | 55,249 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,606 ha | 47,787 ha | 70,851 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,583 ha | 52,230 ha | 69,613 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,280 ha | 21,770 ha | 53,539 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,052 ha | 16,900 ha | 25,760 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Hungary?
- Oats — area harvested in Hungary was 25,510 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 120,767 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,900 ha in 2022.
- How does Hungary rank for oats — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 40th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary 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.