Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested was 202,821 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Europe stood at 202,821 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Europe peaked at 429,567 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 202,821 ha, in 2024.
That places Europe 3rd out of 24 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 204,213 ha | — |
| 1962 | 210,222 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 218,921 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 229,245 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 245,385 ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 260,828 ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 269,537 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 263,732 ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 273,980 ha | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 308,711 ha | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 337,663 ha | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 351,995 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 355,367 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 365,204 ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 344,371 ha | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 348,409 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 329,014 ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 325,228 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 293,690 ha | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 323,999 ha | +10.3% |
| 1981 | 323,403 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 298,918 ha | -7.6% |
| 1983 | 317,982 ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 308,510 ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 356,409 ha | +15.5% |
| 1986 | 377,730 ha | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 395,547 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 420,973 ha | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 429,567 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 429,160 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 426,882 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 366,964 ha | -14.0% |
| 1993 | 362,345 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 359,974 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 347,255 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 334,650 ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 330,578 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 319,250 ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 312,278 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 307,349 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 299,451 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 302,136 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 298,946 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 296,702 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 289,863 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 285,459 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 284,497 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 274,542 ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 283,865 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 284,020 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 281,036 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 264,631 ha | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 264,640 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 254,859 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 255,104 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 247,248 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 242,142 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 241,175 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 232,397 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 228,080 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 217,823 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 215,316 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 207,995 ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 202,821 ha | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 241,785 ha | 204,213 ha | 273,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 335,965 ha | 293,690 ha | 365,204 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 355,304 ha | 298,918 ha | 429,567 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 358,934 ha | 312,278 ha | 429,160 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 292,281 ha | 274,542 ha | 307,349 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 256,725 ha | 232,397 ha | 284,020 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 214,407 ha | 202,821 ha | 228,080 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Europe?
- Peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Europe was 202,821 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 429,567 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 202,821 ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for peaches and nectarines — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Peaches and nectarines — 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.