Wheat — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Wheat — Production was 19.23 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Production in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 19.23 million t for wheat — production in 2024.
The figure is up 10.4% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Southern Europe peaked at 25.57 million t in 1991 and was at its lowest, 16.97 million t, in 1961.
That places Southern Europe 21st out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.43 million t | 16.97 million t | 22.83 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.54 million t | 18.39 million t | 24.06 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.76 million t | 20.25 million t | 25.09 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.60 million t | 18.72 million t | 25.57 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.43 million t | 17.05 million t | 22.77 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.53 million t | 17.15 million t | 22.48 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.84 million t | 17.41 million t | 22.46 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 103,293 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 452,640 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 10,020 ha (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested 12.04 million ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 10.62 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 20,730 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 512,270 ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 2.49 million ha (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production 53.97 million t (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Yield 4,482 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Southern Europe?
- Wheat — production in Southern Europe was 19.23 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 25.57 million t in 1991.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.97 million t in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for wheat — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 21st out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.