Hemp production in the European Union grew by more than 84% within a few years.

Omissions

• The reference period is 2015-2022 (a 7-year span), so describing it as 'in pochi anni' (in a few years) is imprecise.
• The exact EU-wide production figure of 84% could not be directly captured from the primary source in the searches performed (the European Commission page snippet is truncated at 'a 60% increase'); it is corroborated by an academic article citing the same 2015-2022 EU data, which confirms the area figure explicitly and states production also rose.
• No more recent EU-wide hemp data (2023-2026) was found in the searches: the most recent sources located (EC agriculture page and a 2025 ScienceDirect article) still reference the 2015-2022 comparison, so this remains the most recent verifiable EU-wide dataset before the session date.
• An 84% figure also appears in a USDA FAS 2025 report, but for the Netherlands (2023→2024 harvest), not the EU as a whole — a different geographic scope.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Agriculture and rural development: HempIn recent years the area dedicated to hemp cultivation for fibre has increased significantly in the EU from 20,540 hectares (ha) in 2015 to 33,020 ha in 2022 (a 60% increase…).
• AcademicScienceDirect — Michels et al., 'Economic, ecological and social perspectives of industrial hemp' (2025)Hemp cultivation areas in the EU increased from 20,540 ha in 2015 to 33,020 ha in 2022, representing a 60 % increase, while production rose from …
• SecondaryUSDA FAS GAIN Report — 'Overview of the Market of Industrial Hemp in the Netherlands'The predicted harvest for 2024 shows an increase of an estimated 84 percent, from 13,640 tons to an estimated 25,120 tons in 2024.