Wheat — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Wheat — Area harvested was 22.52 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Wheat — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in European Union (27) stood at 22.52 million ha.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 25.39 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 20.58 million ha, in 1979.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.54 million ha | 23.98 million ha | 25.39 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.16 million ha | 20.58 million ha | 23.37 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.98 million ha | 21.18 million ha | 22.54 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.20 million ha | 21.76 million ha | 24.73 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.21 million ha | 22.65 million ha | 25.07 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.36 million ha | 23.75 million ha | 25.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.56 million ha | 22.52 million ha | 24.23 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 2 India 31.83 million ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 26.95 million ha compare
- 4 China 23.59 million ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 23.59 million ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 13.11 million ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 13.07 million ha compare
- 8 Australia 13.06 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for European Union (27)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 223.89 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 232,110 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 16.90 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 21.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 669,430 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 100,090 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,250 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 72,820 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 41,140 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Wheat — area harvested in European Union (27) was 22.52 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 25.39 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.58 million ha in 1979.
- How does European Union (27) rank for wheat — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 5th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.