Wheat — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Wheat — Production was 119.41 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 119.41 million t for wheat — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in European Union (27) peaked at 144.77 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 43.34 million t, in 1961.
European Union (27) ranks 8th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53.68 million t | 43.34 million t | 61.34 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 66.96 million t | 54.93 million t | 75.92 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 88.47 million t | 74.32 million t | 100.90 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 105.69 million t | 93.20 million t | 119.67 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 118.49 million t | 97.89 million t | 134.72 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 131.72 million t | 121.35 million t | 144.77 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 130.36 million t | 119.41 million t | 138.18 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
More agriculture & rural data for European Union (27)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 100,090 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 223.89 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 21.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 132.13 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 16.90 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 41,140 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 232,110 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,250 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 669,430 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in European Union (27)?
- Wheat — production in European Union (27) was 119.41 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 144.77 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.34 million t in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for wheat — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.