Vegetables Primary — Production in Europe

Europe: Vegetables Primary — Production was 84.47 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
84.47 million t
Change on year
up 2.8%
Rank
6th
of 29 groups
All-time high
97.70 million t
in 1984
All-time low
58.86 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Production in Europe, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Europe recorded 84.47 million t for vegetables primary — production in 2024.

The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Europe peaked at 97.70 million t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 58.86 million t, in 1962.

Europe ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Vegetables Primary — Production in Europe, year by year

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Production in Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 61.40 million t —
1962 58.86 million t -4.1%
1963 62.64 million t +6.4%
1964 67.19 million t +7.3%
1965 64.27 million t -4.3%
1966 68.58 million t +6.7%
1967 71.28 million t +3.9%
1968 69.10 million t -3.1%
1969 70.03 million t +1.3%
1970 72.83 million t +4.0%
1971 72.81 million t -0.0%
1972 71.60 million t -1.7%
1973 79.79 million t +11.4%
1974 80.47 million t +0.8%
1975 77.71 million t -3.4%
1976 76.85 million t -1.1%
1977 81.76 million t +6.4%
1978 86.32 million t +5.6%
1979 86.58 million t +0.3%
1980 84.57 million t -2.3%
1981 87.40 million t +3.3%
1982 91.64 million t +4.9%
1983 90.18 million t -1.6%
1984 97.70 million t +8.3%
1985 93.22 million t -4.6%
1986 92.61 million t -0.6%
1987 90.74 million t -2.0%
1988 92.63 million t +2.1%
1989 93.35 million t +0.8%
1990 89.95 million t -3.6%
1991 87.67 million t -2.5%
1992 77.41 million t -11.7%
1993 79.51 million t +2.7%
1994 77.13 million t -3.0%
1995 79.92 million t +3.6%
1996 80.95 million t +1.3%
1997 80.67 million t -0.3%
1998 83.10 million t +3.0%
1999 85.29 million t +2.6%
2000 84.16 million t -1.3%
2001 83.13 million t -1.2%
2002 81.22 million t -2.3%
2003 85.10 million t +4.8%
2004 89.63 million t +5.3%
2005 87.55 million t -2.3%
2006 87.76 million t +0.2%
2007 85.70 million t -2.4%
2008 89.39 million t +4.3%
2009 92.84 million t +3.9%
2010 88.40 million t -4.8%
2011 93.64 million t +5.9%
2012 90.75 million t -3.1%
2013 90.20 million t -0.6%
2014 93.61 million t +3.8%
2015 93.58 million t -0.0%
2016 93.77 million t +0.2%
2017 93.89 million t +0.1%
2018 83.98 million t -10.6%
2019 86.76 million t +3.3%
2020 87.87 million t +1.3%
2021 90.07 million t +2.5%
2022 80.96 million t -10.1%
2023 82.17 million t +1.5%
2024 84.47 million t +2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 65.93 million t 58.86 million t 71.28 million t 9
1970s 78.67 million t 71.60 million t 86.58 million t 10
1980s 91.40 million t 84.57 million t 97.70 million t 10
1990s 82.16 million t 77.13 million t 89.95 million t 10
2000s 86.65 million t 81.22 million t 92.84 million t 10
2010s 90.86 million t 83.98 million t 93.89 million t 10
2020s 85.11 million t 80.96 million t 90.07 million t 5

Countries ranked near Europe

  1. 3 India 146.00 million t compare
  2. 3 Türkiye 28.90 million t compare
  3. 4 USSR 26.31 million t compare
  4. 4 Viet Nam 18.25 million t compare
  5. 5 Egypt 19.06 million t compare
  6. 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.47 million t compare
  7. 6 Nigeria 16.33 million t compare
  8. 7 Mexico 15.45 million t compare
  9. 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3.31 million t compare
  10. 8 Russian Federation 13.76 million t compare
  11. 9 Indonesia 13.19 million t compare
  12. 9 United Republic of Tanzania 2.96 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in Europe?
Vegetables primary — production in Europe was 84.47 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Europe?
The highest recorded value was 97.70 million t in 1984.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 58.86 million t in 1962.
How does Europe rank for vegetables primary — production?
Europe ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Europe data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 data points, 1961–2024
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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.