Spain vs Western Europe: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested

Spain
315,060 ha
in 2024
Western Europe
539,311 ha
in 2024
Spain rank
25th
Western Europe rank
23rd

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Spain
  • Western Europe
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How they compare

Western Europe currently reports 539,311 ha against 315,060 ha in Spain, a difference of 224,251 ha.

That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.7 times Spain's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.

Spain ranks 25th and Western Europe ranks 23rd of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain Western Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 299,525 ha 951,264 ha 651,740 ha Western Europe
1970s 362,340 ha 834,837 ha 472,497 ha Western Europe
1980s 377,824 ha 721,577 ha 343,754 ha Western Europe
1990s 351,926 ha 522,687 ha 170,760 ha Western Europe
2000s 323,090 ha 519,045 ha 195,956 ha Western Europe
2010s 310,653 ha 517,962 ha 207,309 ha Western Europe
2020s 320,620 ha 540,522 ha 219,902 ha Western Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher vegetables primary — area harvested, Spain or Western Europe?
Western Europe, at 539,311 ha against 315,060 ha in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in vegetables primary — area harvested between Spain and Western Europe?
224,251 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Western Europe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Spain and Western Europe rank globally for vegetables primary — area harvested?
Spain ranks 25th and Western Europe ranks 23rd 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
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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.