Vegetables Primary — Yield in Italy
Italy: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 32,173 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 32,173 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Italy peaked at 33,695 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 14,070 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Italy 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,043 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,070 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 15,259 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 16,099 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 16,286 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 16,623 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 16,802 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 16,496 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 17,764 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 17,716 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 18,167 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 17,968 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 18,667 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 20,045 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 20,241 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 19,631 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 20,126 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 20,245 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 21,619 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 21,704 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 21,850 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 20,953 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 23,031 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 23,645 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 23,808 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 24,057 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 22,515 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 21,862 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 23,115 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 22,570 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 23,222 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 23,487 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 22,921 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 23,762 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 23,198 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 24,771 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 24,185 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 24,653 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 26,060 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 27,031 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 25,360 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 23,842 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 25,159 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 27,223 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 26,476 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 25,644 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 25,595 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 25,903 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 27,716 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 25,913 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 26,694 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 28,470 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 25,476 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 26,037 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 27,403 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 27,365 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 26,917 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 30,972 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2019 | 30,937 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 32,754 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 33,695 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 32,723 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 32,346 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 32,173 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 32,173 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Italy's 32,173 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,926 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,049 kg/ha | 14,070 kg/ha | 17,764 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,443 kg/ha | 17,716 kg/ha | 21,619 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,654 kg/ha | 20,953 kg/ha | 24,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,883 kg/ha | 22,570 kg/ha | 26,060 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,995 kg/ha | 23,842 kg/ha | 27,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,618 kg/ha | 25,476 kg/ha | 30,972 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,738 kg/ha | 32,173 kg/ha | 33,695 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 25 Saudi Arabia 33,328 kg/ha compare
- 26 Morocco 33,156 kg/ha compare
- 27 Belarus 32,280 kg/ha compare
- 29 Azerbaijan 31,126 kg/ha compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 3,901 kg/ha compare
- 30 Russian Federation 29,769 kg/ha compare
- 31 Albania 29,760 kg/ha 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 — yield in Italy?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Italy was 32,173 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 33,695 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,070 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Italy rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Italy ranks 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.6%. 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 — Yield. 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.