France vs Spain: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested

France
245,988 ha
in 2024
Spain
315,060 ha
in 2024
France rank
28th
Spain rank
25th

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested over time

  • France
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 315,060 ha against 245,988 ha in France, a difference of 69,072 ha.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.3 times France's.

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

France ranks 28th and Spain ranks 25th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 600,297 ha 299,525 ha 300,773 ha France
1970s 527,127 ha 362,340 ha 164,788 ha France
1980s 436,370 ha 377,824 ha 58,547 ha France
1990s 302,093 ha 351,926 ha 49,833 ha Spain
2000s 251,231 ha 323,090 ha 71,859 ha Spain
2010s 228,280 ha 310,653 ha 82,373 ha Spain
2020s 249,151 ha 320,620 ha 71,469 ha Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher vegetables primary — area harvested, France or Spain?
Spain, at 315,060 ha against 245,988 ha in France as of 2024.
What is the difference in vegetables primary — area harvested between France and Spain?
69,072 ha, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Spain?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do France and Spain rank globally for vegetables primary — area harvested?
France ranks 28th and Spain ranks 25th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Vegetables 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
Vegetables 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, 13,973 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.