Wheat — Production in Europe
Europe: Wheat — Production was 243.64 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — production in Europe is 243.64 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Europe peaked at 283.25 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 101.71 million t, in 1963.
That places Europe 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 113.68 million t | — |
| 1962 | 128.32 million t | +12.9% |
| 1963 | 101.71 million t | -20.7% |
| 1964 | 131.19 million t | +29.0% |
| 1965 | 123.57 million t | -5.8% |
| 1966 | 157.09 million t | +27.1% |
| 1967 | 145.59 million t | -7.3% |
| 1968 | 160.69 million t | +10.4% |
| 1969 | 145.95 million t | -9.2% |
| 1970 | 160.43 million t | +9.9% |
| 1971 | 173.96 million t | +8.4% |
| 1972 | 162.58 million t | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 185.45 million t | +14.1% |
| 1974 | 169.46 million t | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 139.40 million t | -17.7% |
| 1976 | 176.94 million t | +26.9% |
| 1977 | 169.19 million t | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 208.00 million t | +22.9% |
| 1979 | 168.30 million t | -19.1% |
| 1980 | 191.87 million t | +14.0% |
| 1981 | 169.22 million t | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 182.59 million t | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 177.12 million t | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 193.95 million t | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 185.58 million t | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 201.70 million t | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 193.81 million t | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 202.49 million t | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 215.24 million t | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 233.14 million t | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 205.19 million t | -12.0% |
| 1992 | 183.04 million t | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 183.59 million t | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 167.50 million t | -8.8% |
| 1995 | 172.97 million t | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 177.94 million t | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 196.68 million t | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 183.74 million t | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 173.27 million t | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 183.36 million t | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 201.75 million t | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 211.61 million t | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 161.81 million t | -23.5% |
| 2004 | 219.76 million t | +35.8% |
| 2005 | 208.32 million t | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 191.72 million t | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 189.70 million t | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 248.28 million t | +30.9% |
| 2009 | 228.88 million t | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 201.37 million t | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 224.03 million t | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 195.05 million t | -12.9% |
| 2013 | 226.10 million t | +15.9% |
| 2014 | 249.25 million t | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 257.46 million t | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 252.16 million t | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 272.38 million t | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 242.19 million t | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 266.13 million t | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 254.80 million t | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 269.35 million t | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 283.25 million t | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 270.55 million t | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 243.64 million t | -9.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 134.20 million t | 101.71 million t | 160.69 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 171.37 million t | 139.40 million t | 208.00 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 191.36 million t | 169.22 million t | 215.24 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 187.71 million t | 167.50 million t | 233.14 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 204.52 million t | 161.81 million t | 248.28 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 238.61 million t | 195.05 million t | 272.38 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 264.32 million t | 243.64 million t | 283.25 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 China 140.10 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 140.10 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 20.80 million t compare
- 3 India 113.29 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.75 million t compare
- 4 Russian Federation 82.59 million t compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 2.43 million t compare
- 5 USSR 71.99 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.598 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -6.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -0.6071 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -4.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.9716 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Europe?
- Wheat — production in Europe was 243.64 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 283.25 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 101.71 million t in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for wheat — production?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Production. 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.