Oats — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Oats — Area harvested was 771,834 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Southern Europe stood at 771,834 ha.
The figure is up 8.6% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 1.80 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 703,404 ha, in 1992.
That places Southern Europe 9th out of 24 groups 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.80 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.72 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 1.68 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 1.58 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1965 | 1.61 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 1.50 million ha | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 1.50 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 1.45 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 1.41 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 1.35 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 1.27 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 1.24 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 1.35 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 1.23 million ha | -9.4% |
| 1975 | 1.26 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 1.22 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 1.09 million ha | -11.3% |
| 1978 | 1.13 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 1.10 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 1.12 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 1.11 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.07 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 1.08 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 1.08 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 1.04 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 922,278 ha | -11.7% |
| 1987 | 864,777 ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 840,180 ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 855,071 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 790,699 ha | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 741,550 ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 703,404 ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 717,774 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 730,125 ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 730,247 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 780,399 ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 802,453 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 792,915 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 814,588 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 831,173 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 814,643 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 829,648 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 857,008 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 834,435 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 828,987 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 883,808 ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 875,805 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 845,009 ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 883,990 ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 829,794 ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 816,352 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 735,420 ha | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 727,294 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 706,935 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 827,534 ha | +17.1% |
| 2016 | 787,375 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 833,431 ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 855,145 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 738,481 ha | -13.6% |
| 2020 | 781,854 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 763,824 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 709,933 ha | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 710,453 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 771,834 ha | +8.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.58 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 1.80 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.23 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.00 million ha | 840,180 ha | 1.12 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 760,415 ha | 703,404 ha | 814,588 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 848,451 ha | 814,643 ha | 883,990 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 785,776 ha | 706,935 ha | 855,145 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 747,580 ha | 709,933 ha | 781,854 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Oats — area harvested in Southern Europe was 771,834 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.80 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 703,404 ha in 1992.
- How does Southern Europe rank for oats — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.