Apples — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Apples — Area harvested was 27,940 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — area harvested in Spain stood at 27,940 ha.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Spain peaked at 68,300 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 16,800 ha, in 1961.
That places Spain 30th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,400 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 18,100 ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 22,200 ha | +22.7% |
| 1965 | 26,400 ha | +18.9% |
| 1966 | 27,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 28,600 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 30,200 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 32,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 43,400 ha | +34.0% |
| 1971 | 49,300 ha | +13.6% |
| 1972 | 52,900 ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 61,000 ha | +15.3% |
| 1974 | 65,600 ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 67,100 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 67,600 ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 62,600 ha | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 62,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 60,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 59,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 58,700 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 58,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 57,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 56,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 68,300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 60,900 ha | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 65,600 ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 61,200 ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 60,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 60,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 59,400 ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 57,300 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 53,700 ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 52,700 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 51,500 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 49,400 ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 49,600 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 49,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 49,100 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 48,760 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 42,316 ha | -13.2% |
| 2002 | 43,205 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 46,020 ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 42,189 ha | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 38,974 ha | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 37,844 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 36,902 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 33,362 ha | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 32,715 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 31,812 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 31,507 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 30,753 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 30,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 30,726 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 30,721 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 30,872 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 30,550 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 29,930 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 29,640 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 29,490 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 29,450 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 29,250 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 28,410 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 27,940 ha | -1.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 27,940 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 6.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Spain's 27,940 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 3.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Spain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +34.0% | 32,400 ha | 43,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,378 ha | 16,800 ha | 32,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,210 ha | 43,400 ha | 67,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 60,860 ha | 56,900 ha | 68,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,290 ha | 49,100 ha | 60,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,229 ha | 32,715 ha | 48,760 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,731 ha | 29,640 ha | 31,812 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,908 ha | 27,940 ha | 29,490 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 27 Serbia and Montenegro 30,025 ha compare
- 28 Kazakhstan 28,678 ha compare
- 29 Australia and New Zealand 28,032 ha compare
- 31 Kyrgyzstan 27,187 ha compare
- 32 Serbia 26,947 ha compare
- 33 Azerbaijan 26,152 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Spain?
- Apples — area harvested in Spain was 27,940 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 68,300 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for apples — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 30th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.