Vegetables Primary — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 32,549 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 32,549 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Western Europe peaked at 32,996 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 14,230 kg/ha, in 1962.
Western 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 — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,925 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,230 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 14,238 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 14,643 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 14,938 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 15,732 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 16,238 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 15,934 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 15,813 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 16,417 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 16,354 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 16,499 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 16,978 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 17,265 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 16,355 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 16,184 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 17,392 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1978 | 17,439 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 18,455 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 17,939 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 19,997 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1982 | 19,747 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 19,360 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 20,564 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 21,499 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 22,641 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 21,222 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 22,326 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 22,368 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 22,188 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 25,842 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 26,289 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 28,319 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 27,981 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 27,857 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 28,076 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 28,816 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 28,151 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 29,999 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 29,557 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 29,235 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 29,147 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 28,088 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 30,993 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 30,722 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 30,248 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 30,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 30,496 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 30,922 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 30,942 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 32,036 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 32,004 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 31,928 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 32,635 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 31,651 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 32,132 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 32,511 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 31,008 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 32,924 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 31,906 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 32,996 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 31,842 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 31,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 32,549 kg/ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,188 kg/ha | 14,230 kg/ha | 16,238 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,934 kg/ha | 16,184 kg/ha | 18,455 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,766 kg/ha | 17,939 kg/ha | 22,641 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,352 kg/ha | 22,188 kg/ha | 29,999 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,966 kg/ha | 28,088 kg/ha | 30,993 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,977 kg/ha | 30,942 kg/ha | 32,924 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,230 kg/ha | 31,842 kg/ha | 32,996 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 3 Kuwait 63,199 kg/ha compare
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 55,606 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 20,453 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ireland 53,003 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 19,800 kg/ha compare
- 6 Portugal 51,142 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 17,478 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Arab Emirates 50,937 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12,136 kg/ha compare
- 8 Palestine 46,175 kg/ha compare
- 9 Jordan 44,947 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 11,713 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Western Europe?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Western Europe was 32,549 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 32,996 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,230 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Western Europe rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.