Wheat — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Wheat — Area harvested was 164,540 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Wheat — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Belgium is 164,540 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.6% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 217,060 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 164,540 ha, in 2024.
Belgium ranks 62nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Wheat — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 213,100 ha | — |
| 2001 | 181,100 ha | -15.0% |
| 2002 | 202,400 ha | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 191,216 ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 213,035 ha | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 213,748 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 201,330 ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 199,897 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 211,270 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 201,768 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 209,532 ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 200,813 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 217,060 ha | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 201,854 ha | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 211,900 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 201,628 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 206,284 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 197,592 ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 195,690 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 203,760 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 194,660 ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 209,180 ha | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 204,460 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 212,610 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 164,540 ha | -22.6% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 164,540 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 77% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 164,540 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 45% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 202,886 ha | 181,100 ha | 213,748 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 204,611 ha | 195,690 ha | 217,060 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 197,090 ha | 164,540 ha | 212,610 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 59 Belgium-Luxembourg 188,800 ha
- 60 Sudan (former) 182,700 ha compare
- 61 Estonia 173,320 ha compare
- 63 Sudan 155,830 ha compare
- 64 Croatia 140,800 ha compare
- 65 Saudi Arabia 129,202 ha compare
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 in Belgium?
- Wheat — area harvested in Belgium was 164,540 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 217,060 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 164,540 ha in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 62nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.