Portugal third largest tomato producer in the EU in 2024

Last year Portugal was the EU’s third largest tomato producer behind Italy and Spain according to the EU’s statistics office Eurostat.

According to data on 2024 harvests, Portugal produced 1.7 million tonnes, behind Italy (6 million tonnes) and Spain 4.5 million tonnes.

Overall, in 2024 the EU harvested around 62.2 million tonnes of fresh vegetables (including melons), which represented a 6% increase in relation to the 58.8 million tonnes harvested in 2023.

According to the statistics unit, Spain (14.8 million tonnes), Italy (13.9 million tonnes), France (5.8 million tonnes) were the main producers of fresh vegetables in the EU, representing 55% of total harvest.

By vegetable type, last year the EU’s harvested production increased compared to 2023: tomato production was 5% higher at 16.8 million tonnes, carrot production was 6% higher at 4.7 million tonnes, and onion production was 11% higher at 7.0 million tonnes.

Among the EU countries, Italy was the largest tomato producer in 2024, accounting for 36% of the EU’s total tomato harvest, followed by Spain (27%) and Portugal (10%).

Source: Eurostat; Image: Tom Hermans, Unsplash.