Pears — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Pears — Area harvested was 20,570 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — area harvested in Italy is 20,570 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.7% on the previous year and down 37.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Italy peaked at 81,000 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 20,570 ha, in 2024.
Italy ranks 6th of 87 countries 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 58,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 60,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 61,600 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 63,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 75,700 ha | +18.7% |
| 1967 | 79,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 81,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 78,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 78,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 74,300 ha | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 70,500 ha | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 66,300 ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 67,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 65,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 59,800 ha | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 55,300 ha | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 53,600 ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 52,300 ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 50,200 ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 48,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 47,600 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 46,429 ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 45,534 ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 44,626 ha | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 44,214 ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 43,843 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 43,371 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 44,046 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 44,420 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 44,571 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 45,101 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 44,930 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 45,171 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 44,167 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 51,742 ha | +17.2% |
| 1997 | 44,996 ha | -13.0% |
| 1998 | 45,826 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 44,884 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 44,502 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 43,227 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 41,923 ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 40,512 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 40,607 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 39,089 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 38,512 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 37,945 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 40,700 ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 40,190 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 40,233 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 39,428 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 35,195 ha | -10.7% |
| 2013 | 34,241 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 32,690 ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 32,323 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 30,973 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 31,729 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 31,340 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 28,710 ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 26,600 ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 26,790 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 24,520 ha | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 23,030 ha | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 20,570 ha | -10.7% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 20,570 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 29.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Italy's 20,570 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,000 ha, 10.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,333 ha | 56,600 ha | 81,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,280 ha | 52,300 ha | 78,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,866 ha | 43,371 ha | 50,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,581 ha | 44,167 ha | 51,742 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,721 ha | 37,945 ha | 44,502 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,686 ha | 28,710 ha | 40,233 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,302 ha | 20,570 ha | 26,790 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 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
- 7 Argentina 19,900 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 2,071 ha compare
- 8 Algeria 18,825 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 692 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 370 ha compare
- 9 Spain 18,090 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in Italy?
- Pears — area harvested in Italy was 20,570 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 81,000 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,570 ha in 2024.
- How does Italy rank for pears — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 6th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.