Pears — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Pears — Production was 880,105 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — production in Western Europe is 880,105 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — production in Western Europe peaked at 1.86 million t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 624,873 t, in 2001.
That places Western Europe 8th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.43 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.77 million t | +23.7% |
| 1963 | 1.43 million t | -19.0% |
| 1964 | 1.65 million t | +15.4% |
| 1965 | 1.07 million t | -35.3% |
| 1966 | 1.37 million t | +28.1% |
| 1967 | 1.42 million t | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 1.86 million t | +30.9% |
| 1969 | 1.43 million t | -23.4% |
| 1970 | 1.76 million t | +23.6% |
| 1971 | 1.45 million t | -17.9% |
| 1972 | 1.22 million t | -15.7% |
| 1973 | 1.37 million t | +12.4% |
| 1974 | 1.29 million t | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 1.32 million t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 1.39 million t | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 963,719 t | -30.6% |
| 1978 | 1.19 million t | +23.5% |
| 1979 | 1.39 million t | +16.7% |
| 1980 | 1.33 million t | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 1.15 million t | -13.4% |
| 1982 | 1.63 million t | +41.4% |
| 1983 | 1.45 million t | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 1.46 million t | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1.31 million t | -9.8% |
| 1986 | 1.54 million t | +17.4% |
| 1987 | 1.24 million t | -19.5% |
| 1988 | 1.46 million t | +18.0% |
| 1989 | 1.23 million t | -15.7% |
| 1990 | 1.07 million t | -13.2% |
| 1991 | 713,518 t | -33.4% |
| 1992 | 902,727 t | +26.5% |
| 1993 | 806,169 t | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 830,557 t | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 930,228 t | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 804,930 t | -13.5% |
| 1997 | 687,108 t | -14.6% |
| 1998 | 876,400 t | +27.5% |
| 1999 | 823,135 t | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 941,885 t | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 624,873 t | -33.7% |
| 2002 | 808,122 t | +29.3% |
| 2003 | 845,060 t | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 963,922 t | +14.1% |
| 2005 | 865,268 t | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 938,477 t | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 1.05 million t | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 658,054 t | -37.4% |
| 2009 | 1.05 million t | +59.9% |
| 2010 | 843,157 t | -19.9% |
| 2011 | 963,998 t | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 693,131 t | -28.1% |
| 2013 | 912,958 t | +31.7% |
| 2014 | 1.00 million t | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 1.00 million t | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 928,016 t | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 862,740 t | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 1.12 million t | +29.6% |
| 2019 | 938,671 t | -16.0% |
| 2020 | 1.10 million t | +16.9% |
| 2021 | 875,902 t | -20.2% |
| 2022 | 948,221 t | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 959,616 t | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 880,105 t | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.49 million t | 1.07 million t | 1.86 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.33 million t | 963,719 t | 1.76 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.38 million t | 1.15 million t | 1.63 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 844,620 t | 687,108 t | 1.07 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 874,866 t | 624,873 t | 1.05 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 926,391 t | 693,131 t | 1.12 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 952,311 t | 875,902 t | 1.10 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 5 South Africa 465,424 t compare
- 6 Italy 436,570 t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 20,531 t compare
- 7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 323,000 t compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 5,192 t compare
- 8 India 274,315 t compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 3,214 t compare
- 9 Belgium 268,770 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,936 t compare
- 10 Spain 222,020 t compare
- 11 Japan 198,100 t compare
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — production in Western Europe?
- Pears — production in Western Europe was 880,105 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.86 million t in 1968.
- What is the lowest pears — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 624,873 t in 2001.
- How does Western Europe rank for pears — production?
- Western Europe ranks 8th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pears — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — Production. 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.