Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested was 179,670 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 179,670 ha for peaches and nectarines — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 314,056 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 179,670 ha, in 2024.
That places European Union (27) 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 184,463 ha | — |
| 1962 | 188,497 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 196,221 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 199,553 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 210,698 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 221,203 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 209,962 ha | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 194,182 ha | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 199,430 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 207,211 ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 213,198 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 222,664 ha | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 226,076 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 225,913 ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 225,080 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 219,131 ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 214,736 ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 210,442 ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 208,911 ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 209,226 ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 208,637 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 209,159 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 213,223 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 218,764 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 242,890 ha | +11.0% |
| 1986 | 254,211 ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 271,738 ha | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 282,363 ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 285,537 ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 292,572 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 300,448 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 300,519 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 314,056 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 312,858 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 304,210 ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 288,968 ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 281,630 ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 270,017 ha | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 270,361 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 266,317 ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 259,877 ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 263,707 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 260,489 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 259,612 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 254,391 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 250,658 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 249,653 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 243,559 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 251,748 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 253,483 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 249,446 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 232,912 ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 236,413 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 229,132 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 227,703 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 220,472 ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 216,956 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 215,110 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 207,030 ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 203,430 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 194,140 ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 190,140 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 184,570 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 179,670 ha | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 200,468 ha | 184,463 ha | 221,203 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 217,336 ha | 207,211 ha | 226,076 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 239,575 ha | 208,637 ha | 285,537 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 293,564 ha | 270,017 ha | 314,056 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 256,001 ha | 243,559 ha | 266,317 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 228,866 ha | 207,030 ha | 253,483 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 190,390 ha | 179,670 ha | 203,430 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is peaches and nectarines — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Peaches and nectarines — area harvested in European Union (27) was 179,670 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 314,056 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 179,670 ha in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for peaches and nectarines — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.