True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested was 32,180 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 32,180 ha for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 27.3% on the previous year and up 139.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 32,180 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 130 ha, in 1973.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,581 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,808 ha | +22.0% |
| 1963 | 5,575 ha | -18.1% |
| 1964 | 6,365 ha | +14.2% |
| 1965 | 4,757 ha | -25.3% |
| 1966 | 3,467 ha | -27.1% |
| 1967 | 2,646 ha | -23.7% |
| 1968 | 2,074 ha | -21.6% |
| 1969 | 1,542 ha | -25.7% |
| 1970 | 1,828 ha | +18.5% |
| 1971 | 1,678 ha | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 604 ha | -64.0% |
| 1973 | 130 ha | -78.5% |
| 1974 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | +1130.8% |
| 1979 | 2,200 ha | +37.5% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | +59.1% |
| 1981 | 4,300 ha | +22.9% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | -30.2% |
| 1983 | 4,200 ha | +40.0% |
| 1984 | 1,850 ha | -56.0% |
| 1985 | 550 ha | -70.3% |
| 1986 | 1,300 ha | +136.4% |
| 1987 | 1,600 ha | +23.1% |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 130 ha | -91.9% |
| 1990 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,798 ha | +2821.5% |
| 1992 | 3,813 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 5,817 ha | +52.6% |
| 1994 | 6,249 ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 5,962 ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 7,529 ha | +26.3% |
| 1997 | 11,900 ha | +58.1% |
| 1998 | 10,563 ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 11,261 ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 8,242 ha | -26.8% |
| 2001 | 8,144 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 10,202 ha | +25.3% |
| 2003 | 11,444 ha | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 9,369 ha | -18.1% |
| 2005 | 9,797 ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 8,990 ha | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 9,225 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 8,395 ha | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 12,840 ha | +52.9% |
| 2010 | 9,529 ha | -25.8% |
| 2011 | 8,593 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 13,755 ha | +60.1% |
| 2013 | 12,759 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 13,413 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 14,594 ha | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 16,771 ha | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 19,647 ha | +17.1% |
| 2018 | 20,170 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 22,140 ha | +9.8% |
| 2020 | 26,110 ha | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 26,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 28,310 ha | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 25,280 ha | -10.7% |
| 2024 | 32,180 ha | +27.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,313 ha | 1,542 ha | 6,808 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 856 ha | 130 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,203 ha | 130 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,702 ha | 130 ha | 11,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,665 ha | 8,144 ha | 12,840 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,137 ha | 8,593 ha | 22,140 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,636 ha | 25,280 ha | 32,180 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 2 France 22,960 ha compare
- 3 China 18,811 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 18,811 ha compare
- 5 Germany 4,800 ha compare
- 6 Chile 4,614 ha compare
- 7 Russian Federation 3,464 ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,370 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.9364 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 0.9254 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Europe?
- True hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Europe was 32,180 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 32,180 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 130 ha in 1973.
- How does Western Europe rank for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 5th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 139.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.