Wheat — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Wheat — Area harvested was 7.70 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Western Europe is 7.70 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.7% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 9.51 million ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.37 million ha, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.80 million ha | 6.37 million ha | 7.20 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.01 million ha | 6.50 million ha | 7.39 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.95 million ha | 7.66 million ha | 8.30 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.23 million ha | 7.57 million ha | 8.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.98 million ha | 8.36 million ha | 9.48 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.28 million ha | 8.97 million ha | 9.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.39 million ha | 7.70 million ha | 8.93 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,010 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,412 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 219,568 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,144 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 52.45 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,406 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 11.91 million An (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 1.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Wheat — area harvested in Western Europe was 7.70 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 9.51 million ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.37 million ha in 1963.
- How does Western Europe rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 9th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.