Rice — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Rice — Area harvested was 13,480 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 13,480 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.2% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 33,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 5,300 ha, in 1981.
Western Europe ranks 26th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,437 ha | 22,913 ha | 33,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,730 ha | 6,900 ha | 21,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,022 ha | 5,300 ha | 17,530 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,918 ha | 18,100 ha | 28,120 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,614 ha | 17,310 ha | 23,888 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,487 ha | 13,280 ha | 23,828 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,742 ha | 11,760 ha | 14,320 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,144 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,406 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,412 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 219,568 kg/ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,010 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 52.45 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 9.40 million t (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield 32,549 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Rice — area harvested in Western Europe was 13,480 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 33,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,300 ha in 1981.
- How does Western Europe rank for rice — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. 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 Rice — 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.