Germany vs Spain: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- Germany
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 4,910 ha against 3,460 ha in Germany, a difference of 1,450 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.4 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 16th and Spain ranks 13th of 74 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,838 ha | 2,356 ha | 3,483 ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 4,490 ha | 2,506 ha | 1,984 ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 3,770 ha | 3,295 ha | 474.5 ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 3,348 ha | 2,993 ha | 355.7 ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 3,500 ha | 2,970 ha | 529.7 ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 3,378 ha | 3,906 ha | 528.4 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 3,620 ha | 5,038 ha | 1,418 ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, Germany or Spain?
- Spain, at 4,910 ha against 3,460 ha in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between Germany and Spain?
- 1,450 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Spain rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 16th and Spain ranks 13th of 74 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Spinach — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.