Tomatoes — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 17,930 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 17,930 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and down 59.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Romania peaked at 81,300 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 17,170 ha, in 2022.
That places Romania 38th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 38,700 ha | +10.9% |
| 1964 | 39,600 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 39,208 ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 43,416 ha | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 44,384 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 55,117 ha | +24.2% |
| 1969 | 56,492 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 56,600 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 56,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 55,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 63,200 ha | +13.1% |
| 1974 | 62,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 57,100 ha | -7.9% |
| 1976 | 75,000 ha | +31.3% |
| 1977 | 71,700 ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 68,700 ha | -4.2% |
| 1979 | 70,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 74,600 ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 78,700 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 81,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 81,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 75,650 ha | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 69,858 ha | -7.7% |
| 1986 | 67,100 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 62,600 ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 58,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 52,200 ha | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 51,389 ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 47,007 ha | -8.5% |
| 1992 | 52,746 ha | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 48,773 ha | -7.5% |
| 1994 | 44,554 ha | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 45,036 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 46,758 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 42,930 ha | -8.2% |
| 1998 | 47,732 ha | +11.2% |
| 1999 | 47,431 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 47,073 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 45,975 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 47,828 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 49,301 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 58,461 ha | +18.6% |
| 2005 | 46,487 ha | -20.5% |
| 2006 | 49,967 ha | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 45,950 ha | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 51,460 ha | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 48,954 ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 49,755 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 51,745 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 49,620 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 48,340 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 43,852 ha | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 44,227 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 40,967 ha | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 40,039 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 22,970 ha | -42.6% |
| 2019 | 23,780 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 17,470 ha | -26.5% |
| 2021 | 18,130 ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 17,170 ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 17,540 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 17,930 ha | +2.2% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 17,930 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 336 ha, 53.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Romania's 17,930 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,742 ha, 6.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -42.6% | 40,039 ha | 22,970 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,802 ha | 33,400 ha | 56,492 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,680 ha | 55,900 ha | 75,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70,131 ha | 52,200 ha | 81,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,436 ha | 42,930 ha | 52,746 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,146 ha | 45,950 ha | 58,461 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,530 ha | 22,970 ha | 51,745 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,648 ha | 17,170 ha | 18,130 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Romania?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Romania was 17,930 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 81,300 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,170 ha in 2022.
- How does Romania rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 38th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.