Oats — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Oats — Area harvested was 94,320 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Italy stood at 94,320 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 8.1% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Italy peaked at 428,422 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 94,320 ha, in 2024.
That places Italy 22nd 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 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 428,422 ha | — |
| 1962 | 410,883 ha | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 399,774 ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 383,975 ha | -4.0% |
| 1965 | 367,156 ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 358,539 ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 357,525 ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 322,630 ha | -9.8% |
| 1969 | 311,813 ha | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 302,619 ha | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 277,200 ha | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 249,600 ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 383,200 ha | +53.5% |
| 1974 | 235,700 ha | -38.5% |
| 1975 | 239,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 235,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 225,109 ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 227,831 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 222,098 ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 225,973 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 222,058 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 217,853 ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 206,849 ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 190,176 ha | -8.1% |
| 1985 | 181,635 ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 184,039 ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 176,839 ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 170,883 ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 168,632 ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 156,628 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 145,639 ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 146,321 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 143,736 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 144,157 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 134,647 ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 141,655 ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 151,011 ha | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 152,209 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 142,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 140,748 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 139,834 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 150,933 ha | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 148,393 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 146,638 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 174,799 ha | +19.2% |
| 2006 | 160,950 ha | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 154,500 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 147,022 ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 133,900 ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 130,024 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 126,254 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 120,012 ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 104,862 ha | -12.6% |
| 2014 | 103,460 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 108,956 ha | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 107,059 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 108,459 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 107,450 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 103,790 ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 103,460 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 99,490 ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 104,110 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 102,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 94,320 ha | -8.1% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 94,320 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 2.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Italy's 94,320 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 3.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — Area harvested in Italy changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +53.5% | 249,600 ha | 383,200 ha |
| 1974 | -38.5% | 383,200 ha | 235,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 371,191 ha | 311,813 ha | 428,422 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 259,786 ha | 222,098 ha | 383,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 194,494 ha | 168,632 ha | 225,973 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 145,800 ha | 134,647 ha | 156,628 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 149,772 ha | 133,900 ha | 174,799 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 112,033 ha | 103,460 ha | 130,024 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 100,796 ha | 94,320 ha | 104,110 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Italy?
- Oats — area harvested in Italy was 94,320 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 428,422 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 94,320 ha in 2024.
- How does Italy rank for oats — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 22nd out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.