Rye — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Rye — Area harvested was 840 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 840 ha for rye — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.5% on the previous year and up 110.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 1,100 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 2014.
That places Belgium 51st out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Rye — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 2001 | 800 ha | -27.3% |
| 2002 | 674 ha | -15.8% |
| 2003 | 630 ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 724 ha | +14.9% |
| 2005 | 527 ha | -27.2% |
| 2006 | 603 ha | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 681 ha | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 458 ha | -32.7% |
| 2009 | 545 ha | +19.0% |
| 2010 | 459 ha | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 500 ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 525 ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 400 ha | -23.8% |
| 2015 | 563 ha | +40.8% |
| 2016 | 587 ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 515 ha | -12.3% |
| 2018 | 620 ha | +20.4% |
| 2019 | 770 ha | +24.2% |
| 2020 | 700 ha | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 820 ha | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 770 ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 1,070 ha | +39.0% |
| 2024 | 840 ha | -21.5% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 840 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 12,740 ha, 7% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 840 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,750 ha, 12% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 674.2 ha | 458 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 543.9 ha | 400 ha | 770 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 840 ha | 700 ha | 1,070 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — area harvested in Belgium?
- Rye — area harvested in Belgium was 840 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 2014.
- How does Belgium rank for rye — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 51st out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 110.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rye — 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.