Oats — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Oats — Area harvested was 1.08 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — area harvested in Northern Europe is 1.08 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.3% on the previous year and up 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 2.10 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 851,927 ha, in 2015.
Northern Europe ranks 7th of 24 groups 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 Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.10 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.91 million ha | -9.2% |
| 1963 | 1.82 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 1.78 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 1.69 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 1.68 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 1.71 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 1.71 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 1.68 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 1.73 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 1.76 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 1.62 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 1.56 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 1.51 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 1.53 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 1.48 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 1.28 million ha | -13.3% |
| 1978 | 1.27 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1.21 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 1.22 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 1.24 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 1.26 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 1.13 million ha | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 1.13 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 1.18 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 1.13 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 1.02 million ha | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 1.12 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1989 | 1.16 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 1.10 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 967,885 ha | -12.2% |
| 1992 | 1.12 million ha | +15.8% |
| 1993 | 1.01 million ha | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 1.09 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 989,575 ha | -9.4% |
| 1996 | 1.06 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 1.10 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 1.11 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 1.10 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.10 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.13 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 1.16 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 1.12 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 976,858 ha | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 947,368 ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 989,462 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 995,017 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.06 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 966,071 ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 858,804 ha | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 881,809 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 940,843 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 1.05 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 904,880 ha | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 851,927 ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 939,806 ha | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 902,643 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 1.00 million ha | +10.9% |
| 2019 | 955,408 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 1.12 million ha | +17.5% |
| 2021 | 1.07 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 1.00 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 970,839 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 1.08 million ha | +11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.79 million ha | 1.68 million ha | 2.10 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.49 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.76 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.16 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million ha | 967,885 ha | 1.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million ha | 947,368 ha | 1.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 928,267 ha | 851,927 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 million ha | 970,839 ha | 1.12 million ha | 5 |
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -14.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 30.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 11.14 million t (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield 73,100 kg/ha (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested 195,749 ha (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 38.24 million An (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 17.74 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Oats — area harvested in Northern Europe was 1.08 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.10 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 851,927 ha in 2015.
- How does Northern Europe rank for oats — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 7th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.