Pears — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Pears — Area harvested was 10,740 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pears — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — area harvested in Belgium is 10,740 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 10,740 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 2000.
That places Belgium 13th out of 87 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Pears — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 2001 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 6,547 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 6,814 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 7,800 ha | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 7,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 8,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 8,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 8,210 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 8,216 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 8,600 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 8,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 9,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 9,340 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 9,691 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 10,023 ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 10,150 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 10,370 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 10,660 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 10,450 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 10,570 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 10,630 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 10,740 ha | +1.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 10,740 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 15.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 10,740 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,000 ha, 5.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,176 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,260 ha | 8,210 ha | 10,370 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,610 ha | 10,450 ha | 10,740 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 10 South Africa 12,235 ha compare
- 11 Ukraine 11,000 ha compare
- 12 Japan 10,900 ha compare
- 14 Portugal 10,230 ha compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 10,040 ha compare
- 16 Serbia and Montenegro 9,474 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in Belgium?
- Pears — area harvested in Belgium was 10,740 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 10,740 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 2000.
- How does Belgium rank for pears — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 13th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — 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.