Rye — Area harvested in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Rye — Area harvested was 1.74 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rye — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 1.74 million ha for rye — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 12.3% on the previous year and down 47.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Eastern Europe peaked at 22.55 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.74 million ha, in 2024.
That places Eastern Europe 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.51 million ha | 13.94 million ha | 22.55 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.81 million ha | 9.63 million ha | 13.87 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.72 million ha | 10.87 million ha | 14.12 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.12 million ha | 6.93 million ha | 13.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.36 million ha | 4.00 million ha | 7.35 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.88 million ha | 2.25 million ha | 3.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.12 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 2.41 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,024 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.41 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 93.05 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 36,348 kg/ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 0 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 53.79 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 176,254 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 97 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — area harvested in Eastern Europe?
- Rye — area harvested in Eastern Europe was 1.74 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 22.55 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.74 million ha in 2024.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for rye — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.