Vetches — Area harvested in Poland
Poland: Vetches — Area harvested was 6,620 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Poland, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vetches — area harvested in Poland is 6,620 ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 39.2% on the previous year and up 158.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Poland peaked at 61,000 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 608 ha, in 2003.
Poland ranks 16th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Poland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 47,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 49,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 58,000 ha | +18.4% |
| 1966 | 61,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 52,000 ha | -14.8% |
| 1968 | 42,000 ha | -19.2% |
| 1969 | 39,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 34,000 ha | -12.8% |
| 1972 | 29,000 ha | -14.7% |
| 1973 | 26,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1974 | 30,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1975 | 26,133 ha | -12.9% |
| 1976 | 18,735 ha | -28.3% |
| 1977 | 18,438 ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 15,813 ha | -14.2% |
| 1979 | 15,348 ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 12,670 ha | -17.4% |
| 1981 | 16,870 ha | +33.1% |
| 1982 | 14,502 ha | -14.0% |
| 1983 | 17,477 ha | +20.5% |
| 1984 | 13,151 ha | -24.8% |
| 1985 | 10,119 ha | -23.1% |
| 1986 | 9,596 ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 8,600 ha | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 9,131 ha | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 8,828 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 7,300 ha | -17.3% |
| 1991 | 22,047 ha | +202.0% |
| 1992 | 32,584 ha | +47.8% |
| 1993 | 18,942 ha | -41.9% |
| 1994 | 9,853 ha | -48.0% |
| 1995 | 7,407 ha | -24.8% |
| 1996 | 6,029 ha | -18.6% |
| 1997 | 5,151 ha | -14.6% |
| 1998 | 4,840 ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 2,937 ha | -39.3% |
| 2000 | 2,720 ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 2,098 ha | -22.9% |
| 2002 | 655 ha | -68.8% |
| 2003 | 608 ha | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 683 ha | +12.3% |
| 2005 | 2,674 ha | +291.5% |
| 2006 | 899 ha | -66.4% |
| 2007 | 2,559 ha | +184.6% |
| 2008 | 1,759 ha | -31.3% |
| 2009 | 3,022 ha | +71.8% |
| 2010 | 5,368 ha | +77.6% |
| 2011 | 2,782 ha | -48.2% |
| 2012 | 3,650 ha | +31.2% |
| 2013 | 3,568 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 6,935 ha | +94.4% |
| 2015 | 11,845 ha | +70.8% |
| 2016 | 10,882 ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 6,620 ha | -39.2% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 6,620 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 717 ha, 9.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Poland's 6,620 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,468 ha, 2.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vetches — Area harvested in Poland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +291.5% | 683 ha | 2,674 ha |
| 1991 | +202.0% | 7,300 ha | 22,047 ha |
| 2007 | +184.6% | 899 ha | 2,559 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,556 ha | 39,000 ha | 61,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,247 ha | 15,348 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,094 ha | 8,600 ha | 17,477 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,709 ha | 2,937 ha | 32,584 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,768 ha | 608 ha | 3,022 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,456 ha | 2,782 ha | 11,845 ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Poland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0245 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 697.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3991 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in Poland?
- Vetches — area harvested in Poland was 6,620 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 61,000 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 608 ha in 2003.
- How does Poland rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Poland ranks 16th out of 43 countries with data for 2017.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 158.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Poland 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.