Vetches — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Vetches — Area harvested was 112,050 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 112,050 ha for vetches — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 60.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Europe peaked at 2.07 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 105,628 ha, in 2022.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.83 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.07 million ha | +13.4% |
| 1963 | 1.87 million ha | -9.6% |
| 1964 | 1.79 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 1.64 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1966 | 1.62 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 1.57 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 1.38 million ha | -12.0% |
| 1969 | 1.41 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 1.36 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 1.19 million ha | -12.5% |
| 1972 | 1.34 million ha | +12.2% |
| 1973 | 1.28 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 1.19 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 1.25 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 970,313 ha | -22.1% |
| 1977 | 1.01 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 924,640 ha | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 714,875 ha | -22.7% |
| 1980 | 618,039 ha | -13.5% |
| 1981 | 713,683 ha | +15.5% |
| 1982 | 673,326 ha | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 846,483 ha | +25.7% |
| 1984 | 965,357 ha | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 954,689 ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 1.05 million ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 996,437 ha | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 869,767 ha | -12.7% |
| 1989 | 938,461 ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 866,163 ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 739,500 ha | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 542,776 ha | -26.6% |
| 1993 | 479,060 ha | -11.7% |
| 1994 | 470,809 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 615,511 ha | +30.7% |
| 1996 | 768,028 ha | +24.8% |
| 1997 | 592,755 ha | -22.8% |
| 1998 | 555,959 ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 564,686 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 482,805 ha | -14.5% |
| 2001 | 454,612 ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 494,393 ha | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 598,133 ha | +21.0% |
| 2004 | 602,285 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 521,397 ha | -13.4% |
| 2006 | 436,521 ha | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 323,270 ha | -25.9% |
| 2008 | 300,004 ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 187,977 ha | -37.3% |
| 2010 | 193,282 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 228,963 ha | +18.5% |
| 2012 | 275,984 ha | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 225,324 ha | -18.4% |
| 2014 | 284,546 ha | +26.3% |
| 2015 | 274,530 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 260,467 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 318,692 ha | +22.4% |
| 2018 | 132,915 ha | -58.3% |
| 2019 | 129,302 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 129,978 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 108,834 ha | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 105,628 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 112,569 ha | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 112,050 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.69 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 2.07 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.12 million ha | 714,875 ha | 1.36 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 862,602 ha | 618,039 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 619,525 ha | 470,809 ha | 866,163 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 440,140 ha | 187,977 ha | 602,285 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 232,400 ha | 129,302 ha | 318,692 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 113,812 ha | 105,628 ha | 129,978 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 5 Ethiopia PDR 75,750 ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 102 ha compare
- 6 Australia 36,895 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 36,895 ha compare
- 8 Greece 31,977 ha compare
- 9 Belarus 11,325 ha compare
- 10 Yugoslav SFR 10,500 ha compare
- 11 Serbia 8,746 ha compare
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -6.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in Europe?
- Vetches — area harvested in Europe was 112,050 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.07 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 105,628 ha in 2022.
- How does Europe rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 8th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vetches — Area harvested. 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.