Rye — Production in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Rye — Production was 299,479 t in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
299,479 t
Change on year
up 48.0%
Rank
12th
of 23 groups
All-time high
912,782 t
in 1962
All-time low
202,320 t
in 2023
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Rye — Production in Southern Europe, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Southern Europe recorded 299,479 t for rye — production in 2024.

That represents a change of up 48.0% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rye — production in Southern Europe peaked at 912,782 t in 1962 and was at its lowest, 202,320 t, in 2023.

Southern Europe ranks 12th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Rye — Production in Southern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Rye — Production in Southern Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 786,427 t —
1962 912,782 t +16.1%
1963 895,271 t -1.9%
1964 799,419 t -10.7%
1965 817,433 t +2.3%
1966 750,721 t -8.2%
1967 782,917 t +4.3%
1968 781,940 t -0.1%
1969 734,814 t -6.0%
1970 629,284 t -14.4%
1971 644,894 t +2.5%
1972 601,991 t -6.7%
1973 555,727 t -7.7%
1974 568,373 t +2.3%
1975 537,463 t -5.4%
1976 537,011 t -0.1%
1977 464,585 t -13.5%
1978 505,922 t +8.9%
1979 475,405 t -6.0%
1980 554,144 t +16.6%
1981 457,911 t -17.4%
1982 422,829 t -7.7%
1983 477,812 t +13.0%
1984 553,755 t +15.9%
1985 503,546 t -9.1%
1986 467,780 t -7.1%
1987 571,766 t +22.2%
1988 589,592 t +3.1%
1989 599,354 t +1.7%
1990 500,203 t -16.5%
1991 457,018 t -8.6%
1992 392,961 t -14.0%
1993 508,695 t +29.5%
1994 383,897 t -24.5%
1995 317,017 t -17.4%
1996 444,720 t +40.3%
1997 348,774 t -21.6%
1998 354,231 t +1.6%
1999 361,340 t +2.0%
2000 345,983 t -4.3%
2001 219,680 t -36.5%
2002 295,440 t +34.5%
2003 278,181 t -5.8%
2004 281,535 t +1.2%
2005 234,220 t -16.8%
2006 277,170 t +18.3%
2007 368,875 t +33.1%
2008 400,128 t +8.5%
2009 293,817 t -26.6%
2010 361,093 t +22.9%
2011 470,875 t +30.4%
2012 354,950 t -24.6%
2013 494,285 t +39.3%
2014 397,985 t -19.5%
2015 436,396 t +9.7%
2016 483,943 t +10.9%
2017 231,357 t -52.2%
2018 497,081 t +114.9%
2019 355,594 t -28.5%
2020 501,888 t +41.1%
2021 406,312 t -19.0%
2022 270,482 t -33.4%
2023 202,320 t -25.2%
2024 299,479 t +48.0%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Rye — Production in Southern Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2018 +114.9% 231,357 t 497,081 t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 806,858 t 734,814 t 912,782 t 9
1970s 552,066 t 464,585 t 644,894 t 10
1980s 519,849 t 422,829 t 599,354 t 10
1990s 406,886 t 317,017 t 508,695 t 10
2000s 299,503 t 219,680 t 400,128 t 10
2010s 408,356 t 231,357 t 497,081 t 10
2020s 336,096 t 202,320 t 501,888 t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 9 Canada 420,925 t compare
  2. 10 Czechoslovakia 318,691 t compare
  3. 11 Iraq 315,111 t compare
  4. 12 Spain 223,510 t compare
  5. 13 Ukraine 218,390 t compare
  6. 14 Argentina 217,699 t compare
  7. 15 Sweden 155,500 t compare

See the full ranking of 95 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rye — production in Southern Europe?
Rye — production in Southern Europe was 299,479 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest rye — production recorded in Southern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 912,782 t in 1962.
What is the lowest rye — production recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 202,320 t in 2023.
How does Southern Europe rank for rye — production?
Southern Europe ranks 12th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
Is rye — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Southern Europe data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rye — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Rye — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
95 places, 4,865 data points, 1961–2024
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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.