Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 62,290 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Belgium is 62,290 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 66,790 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 50,198 ha, in 2015.
Belgium ranks 78th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 54,463 ha | — |
| 2001 | 57,148 ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 58,094 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 61,164 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 59,303 ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 60,911 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 60,829 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 61,237 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 60,491 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 61,042 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 60,952 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 61,807 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 61,822 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 61,162 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 61,741 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 50,198 ha | -18.7% |
| 2016 | 54,786 ha | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 57,749 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 62,190 ha | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 63,730 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 65,160 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 66,790 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 61,460 ha | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 58,230 ha | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 62,290 ha | +7.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 62,290 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 7.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 62,290 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 2.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59,468 ha | 54,463 ha | 61,237 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,614 ha | 50,198 ha | 63,730 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,786 ha | 58,230 ha | 66,790 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 75 Tajikistan 64,857 ha compare
- 76 Serbia 64,230 ha compare
- 77 Ecuador 63,591 ha compare
- 79 South Sudan 61,543 ha compare
- 80 Czechoslovakia 61,425 ha
- 81 Azerbaijan 59,807 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Belgium?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Belgium was 62,290 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 66,790 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,198 ha in 2015.
- How does Belgium rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 78th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables 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.