Vetches — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Vetches — Area harvested was 2,462 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 2,462 ha for vetches — area harvested in 2017.
That represents a change of down 8.2% on the previous year and up 122.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 14,664 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1994.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,219 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,976 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 14,120 ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 14,664 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 14,577 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 13,684 ha | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 12,707 ha | -7.1% |
| 1968 | 10,625 ha | -16.4% |
| 1969 | 11,302 ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 9,087 ha | -19.6% |
| 1971 | 10,852 ha | +19.4% |
| 1972 | 10,679 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 8,975 ha | -16.0% |
| 1974 | 8,035 ha | -10.5% |
| 1975 | 8,026 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 8,098 ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 9,400 ha | +16.1% |
| 1978 | 8,500 ha | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 8,200 ha | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 8,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 9,098 ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 8,992 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 9,654 ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 9,446 ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 9,723 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 9,211 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 8,804 ha | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 10,435 ha | +18.5% |
| 1990 | 7,300 ha | -30.0% |
| 1991 | 3,000 ha | -58.9% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 1993 | 500 ha | -50.0% |
| 1994 | 200 ha | -60.0% |
| 2003 | 591 ha | +195.5% |
| 2004 | 768 ha | +29.9% |
| 2005 | 1,071 ha | +39.5% |
| 2006 | 958 ha | -10.6% |
| 2007 | 1,105 ha | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 1,099 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,593 ha | +44.9% |
| 2010 | 2,107 ha | +32.3% |
| 2011 | 1,451 ha | -31.1% |
| 2012 | 1,230 ha | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 1,431 ha | +16.3% |
| 2014 | 2,067 ha | +44.4% |
| 2015 | 2,225 ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 2,683 ha | +20.6% |
| 2017 | 2,462 ha | -8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,208 ha | 10,625 ha | 14,664 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,985 ha | 8,026 ha | 10,852 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,196 ha | 8,200 ha | 10,435 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,400 ha | 200 ha | 7,300 ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 1,026 ha | 591 ha | 1,593 ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 1,957 ha | 1,230 ha | 2,683 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Vetches — area harvested in Western Europe was 2,462 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 14,664 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1994.
- How does Western Europe rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 16th out of 17 groups with data for 2017.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.