Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 50,380 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Portugal stood at 50,380 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.3% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 91,612 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 40,130 ha, in 2018.
Portugal ranks 87th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 58,880 ha | — |
| 1962 | 59,570 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 59,645 ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 61,580 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 67,210 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 70,082 ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 72,398 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 78,655 ha | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 82,803 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 74,804 ha | -9.7% |
| 1971 | 76,410 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 71,980 ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 71,800 ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 75,602 ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 64,162 ha | -15.1% |
| 1976 | 60,304 ha | -6.0% |
| 1977 | 83,261 ha | +38.1% |
| 1978 | 87,315 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 87,048 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 85,651 ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 88,185 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 86,621 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 86,624 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 91,612 ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 84,260 ha | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 82,730 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 78,020 ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 79,458 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 80,380 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 82,159 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 71,427 ha | -13.1% |
| 1992 | 65,776 ha | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 66,878 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 75,603 ha | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 79,385 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 78,653 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 77,772 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 80,337 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 78,985 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 75,445 ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 74,737 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 75,779 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 76,022 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 77,755 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 76,314 ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 77,948 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 80,415 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 80,916 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 83,229 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 82,134 ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 47,042 ha | -42.7% |
| 2012 | 48,150 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 49,127 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 52,410 ha | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 52,945 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 53,753 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 54,118 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 40,130 ha | -25.8% |
| 2019 | 40,510 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 49,470 ha | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 53,020 ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 46,860 ha | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 46,080 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 50,380 ha | +9.3% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 50,380 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 6.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 50,380 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -42.7% | 82,134 ha | 47,042 ha |
| 1977 | +38.1% | 60,304 ha | 83,261 ha |
| 2018 | -25.8% | 54,118 ha | 40,130 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,869 ha | 58,880 ha | 82,803 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 75,269 ha | 60,304 ha | 87,315 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 84,354 ha | 78,020 ha | 91,612 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,698 ha | 65,776 ha | 82,159 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 77,856 ha | 74,737 ha | 83,229 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,032 ha | 40,130 ha | 82,134 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,162 ha | 46,080 ha | 53,020 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 84 Burundi 54,454 ha compare
- 85 Saudi Arabia 53,332 ha compare
- 86 Zambia 51,503 ha compare
- 88 Madagascar 48,340 ha compare
- 89 Belgium-Luxembourg 48,171 ha compare
- 90 Papua New Guinea 46,299 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.449 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1718 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.9315 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3789 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Portugal?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Portugal was 50,380 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 91,612 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,130 ha in 2018.
- How does Portugal rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.