Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 4.01 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 4.01 million ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Europe peaked at 17.78 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 4.01 million ha, in 2024.
That places Europe 11th out of 29 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17.78 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 17.63 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 17.42 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 17.03 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 16.49 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 16.26 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 16.14 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 15.90 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 15.34 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 15.36 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 14.92 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 14.73 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 14.75 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 14.67 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 14.24 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 13.36 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 13.37 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 13.04 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 12.90 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 12.63 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 12.35 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 12.27 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 12.30 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 12.16 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 11.72 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 11.43 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 11.16 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 11.05 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 10.82 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 10.44 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 10.24 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 10.39 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 10.13 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 9.74 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 9.76 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 9.50 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 9.17 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 8.83 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 8.80 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 8.70 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 8.36 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 7.75 million ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 7.49 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 7.20 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 6.80 million ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 6.53 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 6.38 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 6.27 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 6.29 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 6.02 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 6.16 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 5.97 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 5.74 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 5.60 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 5.51 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 4.85 million ha | -12.1% |
| 2017 | 4.79 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 4.66 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 4.61 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 4.42 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 4.26 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 4.06 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 4.02 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 4.01 million ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.66 million ha | 15.34 million ha | 17.78 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.13 million ha | 12.90 million ha | 15.36 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.79 million ha | 10.82 million ha | 12.63 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.70 million ha | 8.80 million ha | 10.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.18 million ha | 6.27 million ha | 8.70 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.39 million ha | 4.61 million ha | 6.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.16 million ha | 4.01 million ha | 4.42 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 8 Brazil 1.45 million ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 450,543 ha compare
- 9 Angola 1.35 million ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 279,372 ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 259,010 ha compare
- 10 Ukraine 1.21 million ha compare
- 11 Türkiye 195,767 ha compare
- 11 Uganda 1.12 million ha compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 171,070 ha compare
- 12 Mozambique 1.07 million ha compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 3.01 million ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 90,519 ha compare
- 13 Russian Federation 1.05 million ha compare
- 14 Cameroon 931,286 ha compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 75,275 ha compare
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- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.598 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.5624 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -6.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.6691 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Europe?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Europe was 4.01 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 17.78 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.01 million ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.4%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.