03/01/2025
O.I.V.'s recent report includes figures on 2024 production from 18 wine-producing countries within the EU. Half of these will produce over 1 million hectolitres in 2024. These are Italy (41 million hl), France (39.3), Spain (38), Germany (8.1), Portugal (6.9), Romania (3.7), Hungary (2.9), Austria (2.1) and Greece (1.8).
The smaller wine countries, under 1 million hl, are Bulgaria (712,000 hl), Slovenia (512,800), Croatia (458,000), Czech Republic (347,000), Slovakia (318,000), Luxembourg (77,000), Cyprus (63,000), Malta (9,500) and the Netherlands with 7,000 hl. (Sweden is not included but produces just under half of the Dutch volume).
In total, the EU produced 146.5 million hectolitres of wine in 2024. The five-year average is 160 million. EU is the global leader in wine production with 60 % of world production.
