Pears — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Pears — Area harvested was 10,230 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pears — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pears — area harvested in Portugal stood at 10,230 ha.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 14,627 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1966.
That places Portugal 14th out of 87 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1964 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1967 | 7,500 ha | +87.5% |
| 1968 | 4,790 ha | -36.1% |
| 1969 | 4,850 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 4,890 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 5,190 ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 5,740 ha | +10.6% |
| 1973 | 6,240 ha | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 6,951 ha | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 7,392 ha | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 7,846 ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 8,145 ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 8,502 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 8,810 ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 9,188 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 9,369 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 9,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 9,480 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 9,548 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 9,605 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 13,239 ha | +37.8% |
| 1987 | 14,494 ha | +9.5% |
| 1988 | 14,454 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 14,537 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 14,627 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 14,513 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 14,346 ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 13,702 ha | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 13,683 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 13,814 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 13,680 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 13,537 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 13,129 ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 12,396 ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 12,599 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 12,418 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 12,316 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 12,122 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 11,943 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 11,746 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 11,579 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 11,403 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 11,202 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 11,015 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 10,954 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 10,971 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 11,226 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 12,014 ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 12,007 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 12,115 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 12,110 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 12,564 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 12,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 11,330 ha | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 11,330 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11,160 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 10,850 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 10,830 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,230 ha | -5.5% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 10,230 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 14.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 10,230 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,000 ha, 5.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +87.5% | 4,000 ha | 7,500 ha |
| 1986 | +37.8% | 9,605 ha | 13,239 ha |
| 1968 | -36.1% | 7,500 ha | 4,790 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,060 ha | 4,000 ha | 7,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,971 ha | 4,890 ha | 8,810 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,331 ha | 9,188 ha | 14,537 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,743 ha | 12,396 ha | 14,627 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,834 ha | 11,015 ha | 12,599 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,779 ha | 10,954 ha | 12,564 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,880 ha | 10,230 ha | 11,330 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 11 Ukraine 11,000 ha compare
- 12 Japan 10,900 ha compare
- 13 Belgium 10,740 ha compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 10,040 ha compare
- 16 Serbia and Montenegro 9,474 ha compare
- 17 Republic of Korea 9,421 ha compare
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 pears — area harvested in Portugal?
- Pears — area harvested in Portugal was 10,230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 14,627 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Portugal rank for pears — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 14th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 Pears — Area harvested. 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.