Vegetables Primary — Production in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Vegetables Primary — Production was 31.98 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
31.98 million t
Change on year
up 6.2%
Rank
15th
of 29 groups
All-time high
36.34 million t
in 2016
All-time low
16.49 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Production in Southern Europe, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

In 2024, vegetables primary — production in Southern Europe stood at 31.98 million t.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Southern Europe peaked at 36.34 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 16.49 million t, in 1962.

Southern Europe ranks 15th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Vegetables Primary — Production in Southern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Production in Southern Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 16.90 million t —
1962 16.49 million t -2.4%
1963 18.08 million t +9.7%
1964 18.93 million t +4.7%
1965 19.17 million t +1.2%
1966 20.02 million t +4.4%
1967 20.55 million t +2.6%
1968 20.76 million t +1.0%
1969 21.92 million t +5.6%
1970 22.46 million t +2.5%
1971 22.25 million t -0.9%
1972 22.11 million t -0.6%
1973 23.20 million t +4.9%
1974 24.82 million t +7.0%
1975 24.75 million t -0.3%
1976 23.18 million t -6.3%
1977 24.95 million t +7.6%
1978 25.48 million t +2.1%
1979 26.59 million t +4.3%
1980 26.39 million t -0.8%
1981 26.76 million t +1.4%
1982 26.94 million t +0.7%
1983 28.38 million t +5.4%
1984 30.33 million t +6.9%
1985 30.25 million t -0.3%
1986 29.26 million t -3.3%
1987 28.08 million t -4.0%
1988 28.32 million t +0.9%
1989 30.70 million t +8.4%
1990 30.38 million t -1.0%
1991 30.38 million t +0.0%
1992 29.90 million t -1.6%
1993 29.52 million t -1.3%
1994 30.49 million t +3.3%
1995 29.85 million t -2.1%
1996 32.30 million t +8.2%
1997 31.64 million t -2.0%
1998 32.93 million t +4.1%
1999 34.21 million t +3.9%
2000 34.55 million t +1.0%
2001 33.17 million t -4.0%
2002 32.84 million t -1.0%
2003 33.55 million t +2.1%
2004 36.24 million t +8.0%
2005 35.40 million t -2.3%
2006 33.97 million t -4.0%
2007 33.94 million t -0.1%
2008 34.07 million t +0.4%
2009 36.14 million t +6.1%
2010 34.77 million t -3.8%
2011 33.78 million t -2.9%
2012 33.01 million t -2.3%
2013 32.18 million t -2.5%
2014 33.57 million t +4.3%
2015 35.54 million t +5.9%
2016 36.34 million t +2.3%
2017 35.05 million t -3.6%
2018 31.07 million t -11.3%
2019 32.00 million t +3.0%
2020 32.51 million t +1.6%
2021 33.76 million t +3.8%
2022 30.28 million t -10.3%
2023 30.12 million t -0.5%
2024 31.98 million t +6.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 19.20 million t 16.49 million t 21.92 million t 9
1970s 23.98 million t 22.11 million t 26.59 million t 10
1980s 28.54 million t 26.39 million t 30.70 million t 10
1990s 31.16 million t 29.52 million t 34.21 million t 10
2000s 34.39 million t 32.84 million t 36.24 million t 10
2010s 33.73 million t 31.07 million t 36.34 million t 10
2020s 31.73 million t 30.12 million t 33.76 million t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 12 Italy 10.64 million t compare
  2. 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.29 million t compare
  3. 13 Japan 9.83 million t compare
  4. 13 Melanesia 724,306 t compare
  5. 14 Brazil 9.31 million t compare
  6. 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 602,503 t compare
  7. 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 478,076 t compare
  8. 15 Republic of Korea 9.09 million t compare
  9. 16 Algeria 8.69 million t compare
  10. 16 Republic of Moldova 242,709 t compare
  11. 17 Bangladesh 8.57 million t compare
  12. 17 Timor-Leste 35,772 t compare
  13. 18 Ukraine 7.92 million t compare
  14. 18 Polynesia 35,456 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in Southern Europe?
Vegetables primary — production in Southern Europe was 31.98 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Southern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 36.34 million t in 2016.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 16.49 million t in 1962.
How does Southern Europe rank for vegetables primary — production?
Southern Europe ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern 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.