Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 89,080 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Romania stood at 89,080 ha.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 59.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Romania peaked at 1.27 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 87,630 ha, in 2022.
That places Romania 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.21 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.02 million ha | -15.4% |
| 1963 | 1.27 million ha | +24.3% |
| 1964 | 1.23 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 975,244 ha | -21.0% |
| 1966 | 854,716 ha | -12.4% |
| 1967 | 694,310 ha | -18.8% |
| 1968 | 542,521 ha | -21.9% |
| 1969 | 507,542 ha | -6.4% |
| 1970 | 430,175 ha | -15.2% |
| 1971 | 437,400 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 423,500 ha | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 404,200 ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 402,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 391,040 ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 429,600 ha | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 401,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 377,644 ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 395,224 ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 434,327 ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 431,855 ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 436,951 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 431,276 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 394,311 ha | -8.6% |
| 1985 | 378,156 ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 333,200 ha | -11.9% |
| 1987 | 315,500 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 320,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 321,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 257,118 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 234,516 ha | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 246,346 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 263,430 ha | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 233,920 ha | -11.2% |
| 1995 | 246,501 ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 254,365 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 225,802 ha | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 248,680 ha | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 259,489 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 247,386 ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 243,775 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 260,167 ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 265,538 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 236,393 ha | -11.0% |
| 2005 | 228,280 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 243,458 ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 221,455 ha | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 243,027 ha | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 237,728 ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 235,682 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 237,131 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 232,186 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 233,528 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 218,530 ha | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 218,385 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 208,202 ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 205,914 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 117,160 ha | -43.1% |
| 2019 | 119,560 ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 97,800 ha | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 99,310 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 87,630 ha | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 89,980 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 89,080 ha | -1.0% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 89,080 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 10.6× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Romania's 89,080 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 3.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 | -43.1% | 205,914 ha | 117,160 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 922,826 ha | 507,542 ha | 1.27 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 409,218 ha | 377,644 ha | 437,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 379,758 ha | 315,500 ha | 436,951 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 247,017 ha | 225,802 ha | 263,430 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 242,721 ha | 221,455 ha | 265,538 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 202,628 ha | 117,160 ha | 237,131 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,760 ha | 87,630 ha | 99,310 ha | 5 |
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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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Romania?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Romania was 89,080 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 87,630 ha in 2022.
- How does Romania rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.