Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 1.05 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 1.05 million ha.
That represents a change of up 9.0% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 1.67 million ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 873,850 ha, in 2015.
That places Western Europe 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.03 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.06 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 1.09 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 1.19 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 1.12 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 1.01 million ha | -9.4% |
| 1967 | 1.05 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 1.14 million ha | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 1.14 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 1.14 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 1.19 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 1.27 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 1.38 million ha | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 1.42 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 1.62 million ha | +14.2% |
| 1976 | 1.62 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 1.57 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 1.52 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 1.49 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 1.50 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 1.67 million ha | +11.7% |
| 1982 | 1.57 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 1.40 million ha | -10.5% |
| 1984 | 1.48 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 1.43 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 1.36 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 1.33 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 1.29 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 1.33 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 1.38 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 1.30 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 1.28 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 1.24 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 1.21 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 1.25 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 1.26 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 1.24 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 1.22 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1.21 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 1.12 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 1.14 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 1.17 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 1.10 million ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 1.07 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 1.04 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 960,776 ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 1.02 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 918,555 ha | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 956,721 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 940,429 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 990,777 ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 986,857 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 954,732 ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 984,986 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 873,850 ha | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 958,103 ha | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 1.10 million ha | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 1.10 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.04 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 988,802 ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 988,506 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 982,810 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 964,952 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.05 million ha | +9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.09 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.42 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.62 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.44 million ha | 1.29 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.26 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 million ha | 918,555 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 992,717 ha | 873,850 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 995,310 ha | 964,952 ha | 1.05 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Western Europe was 1.05 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.67 million ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 873,850 ha in 2015.
- How does Western Europe rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.