Apricots — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Apricots — Area harvested was 17,300 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apricots — area harvested in Spain stood at 17,300 ha.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Spain peaked at 25,018 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 10,400 ha, in 1961.
That places Spain 9th out of 80 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,800 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 11,700 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 12,900 ha | +10.3% |
| 1965 | 15,100 ha | +17.1% |
| 1966 | 15,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 14,200 ha | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 16,500 ha | +16.2% |
| 1969 | 17,400 ha | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 22,500 ha | +29.3% |
| 1971 | 20,500 ha | -8.9% |
| 1972 | 22,600 ha | +10.2% |
| 1973 | 22,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 22,800 ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 23,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 21,600 ha | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 20,200 ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 20,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 19,500 ha | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 19,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 19,600 ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 19,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 21,300 ha | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 19,200 ha | -9.9% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 20,400 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 21,400 ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 21,900 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 22,800 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 22,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 23,900 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 24,100 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 23,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 23,400 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 22,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 23,300 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 24,474 ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 25,018 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 24,777 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 23,487 ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 20,787 ha | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 21,061 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 20,686 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 19,858 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 19,249 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 18,150 ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 18,338 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 18,834 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 19,226 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 18,333 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 18,729 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 18,542 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 20,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 18,451 ha | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 18,822 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 20,353 ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 21,002 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 20,570 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 20,240 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 19,780 ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 19,440 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 18,430 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 18,010 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 17,300 ha | -3.9% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 17,300 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 58.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Spain's 17,300 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 830 ha, 20.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 | +29.3% | 17,400 ha | 22,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,833 ha | 10,400 ha | 17,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,610 ha | 19,500 ha | 23,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,580 ha | 19,200 ha | 22,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,817 ha | 22,500 ha | 25,018 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,968 ha | 18,150 ha | 23,487 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,534 ha | 18,333 ha | 21,002 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,592 ha | 17,300 ha | 19,780 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 6 Afghanistan 23,132 ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 3,957 ha compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 21,422 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 20,889 ha compare
- 10 Italy 17,020 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 14,096 ha compare
- 12 Japan 12,900 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 apricots — area harvested in Spain?
- Apricots — area harvested in Spain was 17,300 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 25,018 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 9th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.