Wheat — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Wheat — Area harvested was 922,910 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 922,910 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.4% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 1.36 million ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 734,100 ha, in 1999.
That places Hungary 31st out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Hungary, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.01 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.10 million ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 1.01 million ha | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 1.15 million ha | +13.9% |
| 1965 | 1.13 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 1.08 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 1.17 million ha | +7.9% |
| 1968 | 1.33 million ha | +14.1% |
| 1969 | 1.32 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 1.27 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 1.27 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 1.32 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 1.29 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 1.32 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 1.25 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 1.33 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 1.31 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 1.32 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 1.14 million ha | -14.3% |
| 1980 | 1.28 million ha | +12.4% |
| 1981 | 1.15 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1982 | 1.31 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1983 | 1.35 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 1.36 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 1.36 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 1.33 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 1.30 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 1.28 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 1.24 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 1.22 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 1.16 million ha | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 848,430 ha | -26.7% |
| 1993 | 985,548 ha | +16.2% |
| 1994 | 1.06 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 1.11 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 1.19 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 1.25 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 1.18 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 734,100 ha | -38.0% |
| 2000 | 1.02 million ha | +39.5% |
| 2001 | 1.21 million ha | +17.7% |
| 2002 | 1.11 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 1.11 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1.17 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 1.13 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 1.07 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 1.11 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 1.13 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 1.15 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.01 million ha | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 978,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 1.07 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 1.09 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 1.11 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 1.04 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 966,400 ha | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 1.03 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 1.02 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 936,620 ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 892,790 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 979,010 ha | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 1.05 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 922,910 ha | -12.4% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 922,910 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 4.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 922,910 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 2.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.15 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.28 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.30 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million ha | 734,100 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.12 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million ha | 966,400 ha | 1.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 956,890 ha | 892,790 ha | 1.05 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
- 28 Uzbekistan 1.24 million ha compare
- 29 Bulgaria 1.19 million ha compare
- 30 Czechoslovakia 1.11 million ha compare
- 32 Lithuania 836,970 ha compare
- 33 Turkmenistan 814,915 ha compare
- 34 Czechia 776,500 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Hungary?
- Wheat — area harvested in Hungary was 922,910 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 million ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 734,100 ha in 1999.
- How does Hungary rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 31st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary 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.