Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested was 171,637 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Southern Europe is 171,637 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 256,484 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 129,200 ha, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 5th of 24 groups on this measure, 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 129,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 131,800 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 137,300 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 144,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 150,600 ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 158,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 153,300 ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 134,600 ha | -12.2% |
| 1969 | 139,190 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 149,700 ha | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 155,610 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 169,395 ha | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 173,880 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 178,087 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 180,206 ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 175,567 ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 172,432 ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 169,748 ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 168,942 ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 168,430 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 167,305 ha | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 168,053 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 172,205 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 178,540 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 202,673 ha | +13.5% |
| 1986 | 215,024 ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 221,138 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 231,235 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 238,919 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 246,353 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 251,176 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 250,844 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 256,484 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 255,796 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 252,323 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 241,029 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 234,265 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 231,956 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 227,895 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 228,465 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 224,451 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 232,394 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 231,040 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 231,797 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 228,501 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 228,391 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 229,236 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 224,927 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 235,200 ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 237,420 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 234,868 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 219,515 ha | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 221,202 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 215,259 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 213,856 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 206,791 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 203,536 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 202,994 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 195,275 ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 191,756 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 181,761 ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 181,045 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 176,501 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 171,637 ha | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142,032 ha | 129,200 ha | 158,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 169,357 ha | 149,700 ha | 180,206 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 196,352 ha | 167,305 ha | 238,919 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 244,812 ha | 227,895 ha | 256,484 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 229,440 ha | 224,451 ha | 235,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 215,072 ha | 195,275 ha | 237,420 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 180,540 ha | 171,637 ha | 191,756 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Southern Europe was 171,637 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 256,484 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 129,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for peaches and nectarines — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.