Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Peaches and nectarines — Yield was 9,544 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 9,544 kg/ha for peaches and nectarines — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.6% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — yield in Portugal peaked at 12,506 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,644 kg/ha, in 1977.
Portugal ranks 39th of 81 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,991 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,200 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1963 | 8,829 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | -43.4% |
| 1965 | 7,408 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 1966 | 7,143 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 7,755 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 5,688 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1969 | 5,219 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1970 | 5,216 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,971 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 5,291 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 4,590 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1974 | 4,500 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 5,196 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1976 | 6,460 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1977 | 2,644 kg/ha | -59.1% |
| 1978 | 3,174 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1979 | 2,718 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1980 | 3,165 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1981 | 3,224 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 4,098 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1983 | 4,716 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1984 | 3,129 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1985 | 3,407 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 4,641 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1987 | 5,161 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1988 | 4,493 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1989 | 5,351 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1990 | 5,065 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 5,668 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 6,426 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1993 | 5,889 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 6,515 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 6,766 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 6,636 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 8,520 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1998 | 5,996 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1999 | 9,850 kg/ha | +64.3% |
| 2000 | 8,992 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2001 | 3,466 kg/ha | -61.5% |
| 2002 | 9,067 kg/ha | +161.6% |
| 2003 | 8,934 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 8,335 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 8,047 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 8,699 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 9,980 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2008 | 9,615 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 10,967 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 8,892 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2011 | 9,302 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 7,972 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 6,259 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2014 | 11,372 kg/ha | +81.7% |
| 2015 | 12,506 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 8,354 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 2017 | 10,673 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2018 | 11,396 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 11,841 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 9,174 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2021 | 11,205 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2022 | 8,572 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2023 | 9,124 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 9,544 kg/ha | +4.6% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 9,544 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,543 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 9,544 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,832 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Portugal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +161.6% | 3,466 kg/ha | 9,067 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,026 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 8,991 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,476 kg/ha | 2,644 kg/ha | 6,460 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,138 kg/ha | 3,129 kg/ha | 5,351 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,733 kg/ha | 5,065 kg/ha | 9,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,610 kg/ha | 3,466 kg/ha | 10,967 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,857 kg/ha | 6,259 kg/ha | 12,506 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,524 kg/ha | 8,572 kg/ha | 11,205 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is peaches and nectarines — yield in Portugal?
- Peaches and nectarines — yield in Portugal was 9,544 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 12,506 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,644 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Portugal rank for peaches and nectarines — yield?
- Portugal ranks 39th out of 81 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Peaches and nectarines — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.