Mexico vs Spain: Fruit Primary — Area harvested

Mexico
1.68 million ha
in 2024
Spain
1.51 million ha
in 2024
Mexico rank
8th
Spain rank
9th

Fruit Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Mexico
  • Spain
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 1.68 million ha against 1.51 million ha in Spain, a difference of 173,200 ha.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

Mexico ranks 8th and Spain ranks 9th of 207 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 350,361 ha 2.12 million ha 1.77 million ha Spain
1970s 568,898 ha 2.24 million ha 1.67 million ha Spain
1980s 784,318 ha 2.25 million ha 1.47 million ha Spain
1990s 996,404 ha 1.85 million ha 856,548 ha Spain
2000s 1.23 million ha 1.79 million ha 560,978 ha Spain
2010s 1.40 million ha 1.59 million ha 187,744 ha Spain
2020s 1.63 million ha 1.53 million ha 93,364 ha Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fruit primary — area harvested, Mexico or Spain?
Mexico, at 1.68 million ha against 1.51 million ha in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in fruit primary — area harvested between Mexico and Spain?
173,200 ha, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Spain?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Spain rank globally for fruit primary — area harvested?
Mexico ranks 8th and Spain ranks 9th of 207 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fruit Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Fruit Primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,778 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and 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 or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.