Spain vs World: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested

Spain
2,368 ha
in 2017
World
16,253 ha
in 2024
Spain rank
4th
World rank
3rd

Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested over time

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How they compare

World currently reports 16,253 ha against 2,368 ha in Spain, a difference of 13,885 ha.

That makes World's figure about 6.9 times Spain's.

Across all 57 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

Spain ranks 4th and World ranks 3rd of 16 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain World Difference Ahead
1960s 151,056 ha 211,976 ha 60,920 ha World
1970s 143,340 ha 193,337 ha 49,997 ha World
1980s 103,690 ha 152,364 ha 48,674 ha World
1990s 102.2 ha 61,028 ha 60,926 ha World
2000s 112.6 ha 45,759 ha 45,646 ha World
2010s 1,254 ha 40,337 ha 39,083 ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher locust beans (carobs) — area harvested, Spain or World?
World, at 16,253 ha against 2,368 ha in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in locust beans (carobs) — area harvested between Spain and World?
13,885 ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and World?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Spain and World rank globally for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
Spain ranks 4th and World ranks 3rd of 16 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Locust beans (carobs) — 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
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
28 places, 1,448 data points, 1961–2024
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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.