Rye — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Rye — Area harvested was 1.71 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rye — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rye — area harvested in European Union (27) stood at 1.71 million ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 9.18 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.71 million ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.11 million ha | 7.19 million ha | 9.18 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.72 million ha | 5.07 million ha | 6.54 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.94 million ha | 4.14 million ha | 5.65 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.05 million ha | 3.66 million ha | 4.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.84 million ha | 2.34 million ha | 3.74 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.15 million ha | 1.90 million ha | 2.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.87 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 2.08 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Rye — area harvested in European Union (27) was 1.71 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.18 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.71 million ha in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for rye — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 2nd out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.