Italy vs Spain: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested

Italy
330,660 ha
in 2024
Spain
315,060 ha
in 2024
Italy rank
22nd
Spain rank
25th

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Italy
  • Spain
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 330,660 ha against 315,060 ha in Spain, a difference of 15,600 ha.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 22nd and Spain ranks 25th of 191 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 605,431 ha 299,525 ha 305,907 ha Italy
1970s 570,978 ha 362,340 ha 208,638 ha Italy
1980s 578,008 ha 377,824 ha 200,184 ha Italy
1990s 565,241 ha 351,926 ha 213,314 ha Italy
2000s 543,084 ha 323,090 ha 219,994 ha Italy
2010s 448,791 ha 310,653 ha 138,138 ha Italy
2020s 325,718 ha 320,620 ha 5,098 ha Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher vegetables primary — area harvested, Italy or Spain?
Italy, at 330,660 ha against 315,060 ha in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in vegetables primary — area harvested between Italy and Spain?
15,600 ha, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Italy and Spain rank globally for vegetables primary — area harvested?
Italy ranks 22nd 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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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.