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.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
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
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,010 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,412 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 219,568 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,144 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 52.45 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,406 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 97 kg/An (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested 34,193 ha (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 9th out of 10 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.