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.
That places Western Europe 5th out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rye — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.66 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.52 million ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 2.51 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 2.52 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 2.47 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 2.25 million ha | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 2.15 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 2.12 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 1.96 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 1.91 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 1.90 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 1.85 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 1.69 million ha | -8.7% |
| 1974 | 1.63 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 1.48 million ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 1.55 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 1.62 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 1.60 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 1.50 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 1.49 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 1.38 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 1.29 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1983 | 1.37 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 1.37 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 1.31 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 1.27 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 1.25 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 1.16 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 1.18 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 1.23 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 868,990 ha | -29.3% |
| 1992 | 749,585 ha | -13.7% |
| 1993 | 794,525 ha | +6.0% |
| 1994 | 855,039 ha | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 999,408 ha | +16.9% |
| 1996 | 920,842 ha | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 953,360 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 1.05 million ha | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 847,772 ha | -19.2% |
| 2000 | 938,165 ha | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 925,026 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 812,923 ha | -12.1% |
| 2003 | 606,009 ha | -25.5% |
| 2004 | 711,170 ha | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 628,507 ha | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 598,017 ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 750,813 ha | +25.6% |
| 2008 | 821,802 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 829,424 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 708,163 ha | -14.6% |
| 2011 | 692,196 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 793,822 ha | +14.7% |
| 2013 | 874,760 ha | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 709,197 ha | -18.9% |
| 2015 | 686,807 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 637,628 ha | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 600,798 ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 593,295 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 714,015 ha | +20.3% |
| 2020 | 716,008 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 713,344 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 670,514 ha | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 709,690 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 602,690 ha | -15.1% |
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
- 2 Poland 682,180 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 90,329 ha compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 52,855 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 580,000 ha compare
- 4 Germany 535,600 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 562 ha compare
- 5 Belarus 340,000 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 491 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 355 ha compare
- 6 China 166,529 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 166,529 ha compare
- 8 Argentina 118,002 ha compare
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- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -6.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (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 5th out of 23 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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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.