Sugar beet — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 29,230 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — area harvested in Italy stood at 29,230 ha.
The figure is up 24.4% on the previous year and down 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Italy peaked at 345,332 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 23,490 ha, in 2023.
Italy ranks 24th of 68 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 226,584 ha | — |
| 1962 | 225,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 229,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 231,044 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 281,907 ha | +22.0% |
| 1966 | 298,125 ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 345,332 ha | +15.8% |
| 1968 | 305,796 ha | -11.4% |
| 1969 | 290,567 ha | -5.0% |
| 1970 | 280,560 ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 253,853 ha | -9.5% |
| 1972 | 249,874 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 234,854 ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 195,967 ha | -16.6% |
| 1975 | 271,458 ha | +38.5% |
| 1976 | 305,421 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 254,286 ha | -16.7% |
| 1978 | 265,385 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 285,320 ha | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 291,292 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 329,996 ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 273,048 ha | -17.3% |
| 1983 | 231,552 ha | -15.2% |
| 1984 | 225,101 ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 232,231 ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 312,117 ha | +34.4% |
| 1987 | 301,709 ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 275,784 ha | -8.6% |
| 1989 | 301,817 ha | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 274,000 ha | -9.2% |
| 1991 | 276,688 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 296,259 ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 276,204 ha | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 282,109 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 283,993 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 258,000 ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 295,209 ha | +14.4% |
| 1998 | 288,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 283,785 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 267,511 ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 246,445 ha | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 242,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 214,172 ha | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 185,805 ha | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 253,043 ha | +36.2% |
| 2006 | 91,230 ha | -63.9% |
| 2007 | 86,275 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 61,173 ha | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 60,614 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 62,700 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 62,235 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 53,514 ha | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 40,712 ha | -23.9% |
| 2014 | 51,986 ha | +27.7% |
| 2015 | 38,124 ha | -26.7% |
| 2016 | 32,297 ha | -15.3% |
| 2017 | 37,972 ha | +17.6% |
| 2018 | 34,410 ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 29,970 ha | -12.9% |
| 2020 | 27,270 ha | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 27,910 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 25,790 ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 23,490 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 29,230 ha | +24.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 29,230 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,080 ha, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Italy's 29,230 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 1.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Area harvested in Italy 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 | -63.9% | 253,043 ha | 91,230 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 270,484 ha | 225,500 ha | 345,332 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 259,698 ha | 195,967 ha | 305,421 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 277,465 ha | 225,101 ha | 329,996 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 281,425 ha | 258,000 ha | 296,259 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 170,827 ha | 60,614 ha | 267,511 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,392 ha | 29,970 ha | 62,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,738 ha | 23,490 ha | 29,230 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Italy?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Italy was 29,230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 345,332 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,490 ha in 2023.
- How does Italy rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 24th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar beet — 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.