Vegetables Primary — Production in Italy
Italy: Vegetables Primary — Production was 10.64 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Production in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — production in Italy is 10.64 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Italy peaked at 15.33 million t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.17 million t, in 1962.
Italy ranks 12th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Italy, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.60 million t | — |
| 1962 | 8.17 million t | -4.9% |
| 1963 | 9.06 million t | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 9.55 million t | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 9.88 million t | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 10.34 million t | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 10.54 million t | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 10.35 million t | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 11.13 million t | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 11.09 million t | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 10.77 million t | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 10.27 million t | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 10.39 million t | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 11.32 million t | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 11.36 million t | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 10.69 million t | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 11.10 million t | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 11.42 million t | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 12.46 million t | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 12.41 million t | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 12.25 million t | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 12.13 million t | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 13.71 million t | +13.1% |
| 1984 | 14.22 million t | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 14.08 million t | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 13.72 million t | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 12.53 million t | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 12.43 million t | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 13.53 million t | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 13.14 million t | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 13.60 million t | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 13.46 million t | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 12.98 million t | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 13.31 million t | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 12.75 million t | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 14.11 million t | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 13.22 million t | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 13.71 million t | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 14.69 million t | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 15.33 million t | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 13.91 million t | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 13.07 million t | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 14.01 million t | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 15.15 million t | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 14.59 million t | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 13.62 million t | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 13.66 million t | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 13.43 million t | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 14.40 million t | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 13.38 million t | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 13.33 million t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 12.83 million t | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 11.95 million t | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 12.32 million t | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 12.81 million t | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 13.05 million t | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 12.49 million t | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 10.35 million t | -17.1% |
| 2019 | 10.44 million t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 10.85 million t | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 11.18 million t | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 10.34 million t | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 10.31 million t | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 10.64 million t | +3.2% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 10.64 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 236,616 t, 45.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Italy's 10.64 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 682,454 t, 15.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.73 million t | 8.17 million t | 11.13 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.09 million t | 10.27 million t | 12.46 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.10 million t | 12.13 million t | 14.22 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.50 million t | 12.75 million t | 14.69 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.12 million t | 13.07 million t | 15.33 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.29 million t | 10.35 million t | 13.38 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.66 million t | 10.31 million t | 11.18 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 9 Indonesia 13.19 million t compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 2.96 million t compare
- 10 Spain 12.71 million t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 2.04 million t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.56 million t compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 11.54 million t compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.29 million t compare
- 13 Japan 9.83 million t compare
- 13 Melanesia 724,306 t compare
- 14 Brazil 9.31 million t compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 602,503 t compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 478,076 t compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 9.09 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in Italy?
- Vegetables primary — production in Italy was 10.64 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 15.33 million t in 2000.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.17 million t in 1962.
- How does Italy rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Italy ranks 12th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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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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.