Belgium - Land under cereal production

Land under cereal production (hectares)

The value for Land under cereal production (hectares) in Belgium was 304,515 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 550,260 in 1966 and a minimum value of 287,000 in 2001.

Definition: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 528,292
1962 522,291
1963 498,118
1964 499,021
1965 517,591
1966 550,260
1967 534,118
1968 528,850
1969 521,931
1970 507,091
1971 502,217
1972 506,973
1973 491,124
1974 467,671
1975 442,933
1976 459,560
1977 446,311
1978 446,037
1979 444,496
1980 430,392
1981 403,244
1982 398,492
1983 404,149
1984 401,084
1985 383,992
1986 387,092
1987 376,564
1988 385,381
1989 385,422
1990 368,230
1991 347,798
1992 346,774
1993 344,213
1994 322,923
1995 318,535
1996 310,909
1997 316,305
1998 345,751
1999 300,668
2000 313,300
2001 287,000
2002 310,474
2003 300,210
2004 319,218
2005 322,166
2006 320,570
2007 314,751
2008 350,366
2009 335,264
2010 325,351
2011 326,241
2012 341,312
2013 336,226
2014 335,211
2015 321,445
2016 327,535
2017 305,433
2018 304,515

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production