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
17th
of 33 regions
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 17th of 33 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

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. 14 Italy 10.64 million t compare
  2. 15 Japan 9.83 million t compare
  3. 17 Brazil 9.31 million t compare
  4. 18 Republic of Korea 9.09 million t compare
  5. 19 Algeria 8.69 million t compare
  6. 20 Bangladesh 8.57 million t compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

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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 17th out of 33 regions 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.