String beans — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: String beans — Area harvested was 38,055 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
String beans — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 38,055 ha for string beans — area harvested in 2017.
The figure is up 12.3% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, string beans — area harvested in Europe peaked at 48,298 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 27,400 ha, in 1983.
That places Europe 5th out of 23 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
String beans — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,432 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,722 ha | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 30,122 ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 30,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 28,840 ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 31,670 ha | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 31,303 ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 30,921 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 30,649 ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 35,000 ha | +14.2% |
| 1971 | 39,743 ha | +13.6% |
| 1972 | 34,903 ha | -12.2% |
| 1973 | 35,845 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 38,184 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 40,813 ha | +6.9% |
| 1976 | 31,179 ha | -23.6% |
| 1977 | 42,453 ha | +36.2% |
| 1978 | 45,587 ha | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 34,600 ha | -24.1% |
| 1980 | 27,800 ha | -19.7% |
| 1981 | 31,800 ha | +14.4% |
| 1982 | 35,100 ha | +10.4% |
| 1983 | 27,400 ha | -21.9% |
| 1984 | 28,100 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 33,400 ha | +18.9% |
| 1986 | 34,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 32,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 33,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 37,064 ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 45,200 ha | +22.0% |
| 1991 | 48,298 ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 46,550 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 43,179 ha | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 37,781 ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 40,679 ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 43,656 ha | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 44,714 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 44,413 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 40,962 ha | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 38,918 ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 39,145 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 37,973 ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 39,466 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 37,675 ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 37,913 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 35,607 ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 39,099 ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 39,225 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 38,497 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 33,547 ha | -12.9% |
| 2011 | 36,283 ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 35,330 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 31,042 ha | -12.1% |
| 2014 | 34,653 ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 32,496 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 33,882 ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 38,055 ha | +12.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,229 ha | 28,722 ha | 31,670 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,831 ha | 31,179 ha | 45,587 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,016 ha | 27,400 ha | 37,064 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,543 ha | 37,781 ha | 48,298 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,352 ha | 35,607 ha | 39,466 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,411 ha | 31,042 ha | 38,055 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is string beans — area harvested in Europe?
- String beans — area harvested in Europe was 38,055 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest string beans — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 48,298 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest string beans — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,400 ha in 1983.
- How does Europe rank for string beans — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 23 groups with data for 2017.
- Is string beans — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of String beans — 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.