Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested was 11,363 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Western 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 Western Europe is 11,363 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 52,573 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 9,341 ha, in 2019.
Western Europe ranks 20th of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,573 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,943 ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 52,339 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 46,947 ha | -10.3% |
| 1965 | 49,397 ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 50,302 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 42,183 ha | -16.1% |
| 1968 | 44,678 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 45,735 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 44,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 44,848 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 41,179 ha | -8.2% |
| 1973 | 40,637 ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 36,659 ha | -9.8% |
| 1975 | 34,487 ha | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 33,477 ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 32,153 ha | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 31,088 ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 31,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 32,846 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 33,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 32,239 ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 38,162 ha | +18.4% |
| 1986 | 39,312 ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 37,856 ha | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 36,893 ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 36,965 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 36,743 ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 34,628 ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 32,513 ha | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 32,617 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 32,510 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 31,410 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 28,624 ha | -8.9% |
| 1997 | 26,540 ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 25,674 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 25,404 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 23,962 ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 22,543 ha | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 21,002 ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 20,198 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 19,180 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 18,481 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 17,480 ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 16,428 ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 16,090 ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 15,621 ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 13,132 ha | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 12,355 ha | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 11,485 ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 10,769 ha | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 10,674 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 10,074 ha | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 9,640 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 9,555 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 9,401 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 9,341 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 11,960 ha | +28.0% |
| 2021 | 12,072 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 11,802 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 11,513 ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 11,363 ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,455 ha | 42,183 ha | 52,573 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,953 ha | 31,000 ha | 44,848 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,227 ha | 32,000 ha | 39,312 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,666 ha | 25,404 ha | 36,743 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,098 ha | 15,621 ha | 23,962 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,643 ha | 9,341 ha | 13,132 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,742 ha | 11,363 ha | 12,072 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 17 Yugoslav SFR 14,300 ha compare
- 18 Tunisia 13,814 ha compare
- 19 Tajikistan 12,298 ha compare
- 20 France 11,060 ha compare
- 21 Australia and New Zealand 10,892 ha compare
- 22 Australia 10,291 ha compare
- 23 Argentina 9,733 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 6.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 7.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Western Europe was 11,363 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 52,573 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,341 ha in 2019.
- How does Western Europe rank for peaches and nectarines — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.