Strawberries — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Strawberries — Area harvested was 1,380 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Strawberries — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, strawberries — area harvested in Belgium stood at 1,380 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strawberries — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 1,976 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,076 ha, in 2003.
Belgium ranks 37th of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Strawberries — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 2001 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 1,076 ha | -17.2% |
| 2004 | 1,148 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 1,139 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 1,700 ha | +49.3% |
| 2007 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 1,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,900 ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 1,976 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 1,970 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,970 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,600 ha | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 1,630 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,570 ha | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 1,400 ha | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 1,380 ha | -1.4% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 1,380 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 740 ha, 1.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 1,380 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 838 ha, 1.6× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Strawberries — Area harvested in Belgium 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +49.3% | 1,139 ha | 1,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,386 ha | 1,076 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,752 ha | 1,550 ha | 1,976 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,516 ha | 1,380 ha | 1,630 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 34 Uzbekistan 1,534 ha compare
- 35 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,430 ha compare
- 36 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,400 ha
- 38 South Africa 1,233 ha compare
- 39 Austria 1,120 ha compare
- 40 Kazakhstan 1,040 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is strawberries — area harvested in Belgium?
- Strawberries — area harvested in Belgium was 1,380 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1,976 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,076 ha in 2003.
- How does Belgium rank for strawberries — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 37th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is strawberries — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Strawberries — 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.