Sugar beet — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 131,603 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 131,603 ha for sugar beet — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 20.7% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 759,755 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 95,266 ha, in 2022.
Southern Europe ranks 15th of 22 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.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 476,226 ha | — |
| 1962 | 480,594 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 460,105 ha | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 483,648 ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 532,319 ha | +10.1% |
| 1966 | 586,214 ha | +10.1% |
| 1967 | 643,807 ha | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 590,828 ha | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 597,658 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 619,497 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 569,905 ha | -8.0% |
| 1972 | 566,743 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 545,481 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 475,991 ha | -12.7% |
| 1975 | 631,399 ha | +32.6% |
| 1976 | 759,755 ha | +20.3% |
| 1977 | 681,167 ha | -10.3% |
| 1978 | 681,553 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 647,343 ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 642,507 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 746,918 ha | +16.3% |
| 1982 | 721,972 ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 669,445 ha | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 628,191 ha | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 613,094 ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 697,519 ha | +13.8% |
| 1987 | 683,312 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 641,505 ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 673,983 ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 652,844 ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 630,810 ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 627,754 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 583,034 ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 606,407 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 591,008 ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 556,534 ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 592,202 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 576,720 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 580,823 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 525,980 ha | -9.4% |
| 2001 | 478,125 ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 493,108 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 462,632 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 428,715 ha | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 506,939 ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 326,847 ha | -35.5% |
| 2007 | 288,537 ha | -11.7% |
| 2008 | 201,311 ha | -30.2% |
| 2009 | 219,518 ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 214,457 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 196,814 ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 198,870 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 168,927 ha | -15.1% |
| 2014 | 185,756 ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 138,536 ha | -25.4% |
| 2016 | 136,656 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 155,667 ha | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 134,230 ha | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 117,080 ha | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 105,684 ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 108,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 95,266 ha | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 109,006 ha | +14.4% |
| 2024 | 131,603 ha | +20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 539,044 ha | 460,105 ha | 643,807 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 617,883 ha | 475,991 ha | 759,755 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 671,845 ha | 613,094 ha | 746,918 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 599,814 ha | 556,534 ha | 652,844 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 393,171 ha | 201,311 ha | 525,980 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 164,699 ha | 117,080 ha | 214,457 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 110,012 ha | 95,266 ha | 131,603 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 12 Belarus 106,000 ha compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 102,389 ha compare
- 14 Belgium-Luxembourg 101,191 ha compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 84,480 ha compare
- 16 Czechia 65,910 ha compare
- 17 Serbia and Montenegro 64,326 ha compare
- 18 Belgium 58,330 ha compare
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 103,293 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 452,640 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 45,919 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 10,020 ha (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Yield 4,482 kg/ha (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 15,696 g/An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 10.62 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 20,730 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Southern Europe was 131,603 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 759,755 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 95,266 ha in 2022.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 15th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. 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 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.