Pears — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Pears — Area harvested was 141,895 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 141,895 ha for pears — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Europe peaked at 404,771 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 141,895 ha, in 2024.
Europe ranks 3rd of 25 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 237,588 ha | — |
| 1962 | 245,423 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 254,496 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 266,507 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 279,320 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 300,524 ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 308,680 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 306,003 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 293,745 ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 349,710 ha | +19.1% |
| 1971 | 381,163 ha | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 359,100 ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 388,853 ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 362,765 ha | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 404,771 ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 304,360 ha | -24.8% |
| 1977 | 293,490 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 295,524 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 303,912 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 303,057 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 289,506 ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 262,787 ha | -9.2% |
| 1983 | 277,984 ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 260,773 ha | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 394,522 ha | +51.3% |
| 1986 | 380,798 ha | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 356,777 ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 353,829 ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 374,439 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 348,273 ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 324,921 ha | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 275,387 ha | -15.2% |
| 1993 | 268,914 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 269,820 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 259,740 ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 262,098 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 260,128 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 231,587 ha | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 227,264 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 224,097 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 209,683 ha | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 199,629 ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 204,527 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 204,313 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 197,464 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 196,582 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 194,033 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 187,653 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 185,768 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 176,734 ha | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 183,304 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 175,174 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 168,275 ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 162,068 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 162,212 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 157,642 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 155,960 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 161,023 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 157,106 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 156,824 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 151,004 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 150,594 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 148,989 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 141,895 ha | -4.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Area harvested in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +51.3% | 260,773 ha | 394,522 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276,921 ha | 237,588 ha | 308,680 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 344,365 ha | 293,490 ha | 404,771 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 325,447 ha | 260,773 ha | 394,522 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 272,813 ha | 227,264 ha | 348,273 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 200,375 ha | 185,768 ha | 224,097 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 165,950 ha | 155,960 ha | 183,304 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 149,861 ha | 141,895 ha | 156,824 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 China 978,380 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 973,085 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 22,258 ha compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14,024 ha compare
- 3 USSR 120,000 ha compare
- 4 India 35,023 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 3,690 ha compare
- 5 Yugoslav SFR 24,760 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,273 ha compare
- 6 Italy 20,570 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in Europe?
- Pears — area harvested in Europe was 141,895 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 404,771 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 141,895 ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for pears — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.