Walnuts, in shell — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Walnuts, in shell — Yield was 1,147 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Walnuts, in shell — Yield in Western Europe, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for walnuts, in shell — yield in Western Europe is 1,147 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 47.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, walnuts, in shell — yield in Western Europe peaked at 3,244 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,147 kg/ha, in 2024.
Western Europe ranks 21st of 22 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Walnuts, in shell — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,976 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,318 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1987 | 1,627 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1988 | 2,272 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1989 | 2,393 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 2,678 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1991 | 1,740 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1992 | 2,884 kg/ha | +65.7% |
| 1993 | 2,622 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 2,732 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 2,527 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 2,405 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 2,268 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 2,737 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1999 | 2,804 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 2,745 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 2,857 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 2,779 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 2,617 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 2,614 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,920 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 3,244 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 2,893 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 3,072 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 3,174 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 2,076 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 2011 | 2,384 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 2,260 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 2,221 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 2,172 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 2,393 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 2,203 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 1,916 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 1,885 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,436 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2020 | 1,474 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1,469 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,924 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 2023 | 1,220 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 2024 | 1,147 kg/ha | -6.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Walnuts, in shell — Yield in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +65.7% | 1,740 kg/ha | 2,884 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,117 kg/ha | 1,627 kg/ha | 2,393 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,540 kg/ha | 1,740 kg/ha | 2,884 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,891 kg/ha | 2,614 kg/ha | 3,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,095 kg/ha | 1,436 kg/ha | 2,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,447 kg/ha | 1,147 kg/ha | 1,924 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
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Frequently asked questions
- What is walnuts, in shell — yield in Western Europe?
- Walnuts, in shell — yield in Western Europe was 1,147 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest walnuts, in shell — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,244 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest walnuts, in shell — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,147 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for walnuts, in shell — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 21st out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is walnuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Walnuts, in shell — 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.