The World of Apples

Apples of Finland

One variety in the atlas came from Finland. The oldest is Pirja, dated 1961.

Map of where the apple varieties in the atlas came from A map of the world on the Equal Earth projection, with a dot for each variety at its place of origin.

Harvest

Finland grew 9,170 tonnes of apples in 2024, 0.01% of the world's harvest; it ranked 76th among the world's producers.1

1961 2024
The figures
Finland's apple harvest each year, in tonnes
YearTonnes
2024 9,170
2023 7,800
2022 7,010
2021 7,890
2020 7,170
2019 8,090
2018 7,200
2017 6,758
2016 6,401
2015 6,027
2014 5,211
2013 4,905
2012 4,807
2011 5,249
2010 4,262
2009 4,268
2008 4,282
2007 3,468
2006 3,261
2005 3,610
2004 2,675
2003 2,834
2002 3,153
2001 2,699
2000 2,749
1999 2,427
1998 1,900
1997 10,500
1996 5,800
1995 7,300
1994 6,700
1993 8,000
1992 9,000
1991 5,500
1990 7,000
1989 15,000
1988 14,000
1987 12,000
1986 15,000
1985 15,000
1984 12,000
1983 16,000
1982 16,000
1981 16,000
1980 12,000
1979 14,580
1978 10,040
1977 10,100
1976 19,810
1975 27,900
1974 16,800
1973 20,000
1972 20,000
1971 25,000
1970 23,000
1969 20,000
1968 20,000
1967 18,000
1966 10,000
1965 15,000
1964 45,000
1963 18,000
1962 35,000
1961 35,000

Varieties from Finland in the catalogue, A to Z

Sources

  1. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Updated 31 December 2025. Supports: each country's apple harvest by year (item 515, apples, in tonnes, 1961 to 2024), the shares of the world's harvest and the ranks worked out from them, and which figures FAOSTAT estimated or imputed.