Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Belgium
Belgium: Wheat — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0139 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested, per capita in Belgium is 0.0139 ha per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 23.1% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Belgium peaked at 0.0208 ha per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0139 ha per person, in 2024.
Belgium ranks 51st of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0208 ha per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.0176 ha per person | -15.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0196 ha per person | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0184 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0204 ha per person | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0204 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0191 ha per person | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0188 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0197 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0187 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0192 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0182 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0195 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0181 ha per person | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0189 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0179 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0182 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0174 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0171 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0177 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0169 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0181 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0175 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.018 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0139 ha per person | -23.1% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.0139 ha per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0299 ha per person, 46% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.0139 ha per person is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0366 ha per person, 38% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0194 ha per person | 0.0176 ha per person | 0.0208 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0182 ha per person | 0.0171 ha per person | 0.0195 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0169 ha per person | 0.0139 ha per person | 0.0181 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested, per capita in Belgium?
- Wheat — area harvested, per capita in Belgium was 0.0139 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0208 ha per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0139 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for wheat — area harvested, per capita?
- Belgium ranks 51st out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.