Rye — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Rye — Area harvested was 602,690 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rye — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 602,690 ha for rye — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 15.1% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 2.66 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 593,295 ha, in 2018.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.35 million ha | 1.96 million ha | 2.66 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.67 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 1.91 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.31 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 926,824 ha | 749,585 ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 762,186 ha | 598,017 ha | 938,165 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 701,068 ha | 593,295 ha | 874,760 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 682,449 ha | 602,690 ha | 716,008 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 USSR 8.58 million ha compare
- 2 Poland 682,180 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 580,000 ha compare
- 4 Germany 535,600 ha compare
- 5 Belarus 340,000 ha compare
- 6 China (People's Republic of) 166,529 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 166,529 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,010 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,412 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 219,568 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,144 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 52.45 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,406 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 97 kg/An (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested 34,193 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Rye — area harvested in Western Europe was 602,690 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.66 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 593,295 ha in 2018.
- How does Western Europe rank for rye — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 3rd out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. 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 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.