Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 539,311 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 539,311 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 1.02 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 490,101 ha, in 1994.
That places Western Europe 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 961,246 ha | — |
| 1962 | 983,095 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 1.02 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 982,260 ha | -4.1% |
| 1965 | 935,746 ha | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 930,599 ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 934,637 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 901,155 ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 908,762 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 901,005 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 876,831 ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 844,882 ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 846,364 ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 822,555 ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 829,960 ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 773,398 ha | -6.8% |
| 1977 | 833,161 ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 834,745 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 785,467 ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 779,752 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 734,354 ha | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 776,082 ha | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 721,485 ha | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 715,177 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 726,039 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 662,881 ha | -8.7% |
| 1987 | 693,306 ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 694,027 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 712,669 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 695,031 ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 510,528 ha | -26.5% |
| 1992 | 517,623 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 490,444 ha | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 490,101 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 504,317 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 515,836 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 491,642 ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 505,065 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 506,279 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 501,326 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 505,268 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 519,297 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 535,591 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 525,262 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 506,954 ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 505,349 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 523,070 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 532,767 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 535,569 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 521,452 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 530,316 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 517,630 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 504,951 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 517,420 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 504,502 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 525,176 ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 547,552 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 501,551 ha | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 509,067 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 549,870 ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 573,627 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 517,494 ha | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 522,308 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 539,311 ha | +3.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -26.5% | 695,031 ha | 510,528 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 951,264 ha | 901,155 ha | 1.02 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 834,837 ha | 773,398 ha | 901,005 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 721,577 ha | 662,881 ha | 779,752 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 522,687 ha | 490,101 ha | 695,031 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 519,045 ha | 501,326 ha | 535,591 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 517,962 ha | 501,551 ha | 547,552 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 540,522 ha | 517,494 ha | 573,627 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 20 Brazil 353,177 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 322 ha compare
- 21 Nepal 334,784 ha compare
- 22 Italy 330,660 ha compare
- 23 Niger 316,038 ha compare
- 24 Algeria 315,828 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 257,057 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 202,470 ha compare
- 25 Spain 315,060 ha compare
- 26 Uzbekistan 276,194 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -0.4719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Western Europe was 539,311 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 490,101 ha in 1994.
- How does Western Europe rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.