Apricots — Yield in Spain
Spain: Apricots — Yield was 8,992 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apricots — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apricots — yield in Spain stood at 8,992 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 49.3% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in Spain peaked at 13,212 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 3,243 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Spain 16th out of 70 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,567 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,083 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 9,376 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 10,039 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 13,212 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1966 | 10,181 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1967 | 9,521 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 11,182 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1969 | 5,770 kg/ha | -48.4% |
| 1970 | 7,191 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1971 | 7,112 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 7,040 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 5,720 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1974 | 9,333 kg/ha | +63.2% |
| 1975 | 5,682 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1976 | 10,014 kg/ha | +76.2% |
| 1977 | 3,243 kg/ha | -67.6% |
| 1978 | 10,866 kg/ha | +235.1% |
| 1979 | 7,923 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1980 | 5,896 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1981 | 8,862 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 1982 | 9,070 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 7,094 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1984 | 10,838 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 1985 | 7,533 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1986 | 7,402 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 6,636 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 7,187 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 7,237 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 5,246 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1991 | 8,824 kg/ha | +68.2% |
| 1992 | 8,245 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1993 | 8,787 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 8,556 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 6,164 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1996 | 8,489 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1997 | 5,799 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1998 | 5,988 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 6,011 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 6,067 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 6,483 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 6,056 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 6,954 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 6,118 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2005 | 7,126 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2006 | 8,643 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2007 | 4,855 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 2008 | 5,793 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2009 | 4,953 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2010 | 4,294 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 4,639 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 6,370 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 2013 | 6,493 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 7,395 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 8,164 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 6,859 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2017 | 7,755 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2018 | 8,570 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 7,205 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2020 | 6,507 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 5,901 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 4,388 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2023 | 6,022 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2024 | 8,992 kg/ha | +49.3% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 8,992 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,416 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Spain's 8,992 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,739 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +235.1% | 3,243 kg/ha | 10,866 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,992 kg/ha | 5,770 kg/ha | 13,212 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,413 kg/ha | 3,243 kg/ha | 10,866 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,776 kg/ha | 5,896 kg/ha | 10,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,211 kg/ha | 5,246 kg/ha | 8,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,305 kg/ha | 4,855 kg/ha | 8,643 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,774 kg/ha | 4,294 kg/ha | 8,570 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,362 kg/ha | 4,388 kg/ha | 8,992 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 13 Switzerland 10,431 kg/ha compare
- 14 North Macedonia 9,558 kg/ha compare
- 15 Chile 9,521 kg/ha compare
- 17 Azerbaijan 8,379 kg/ha compare
- 18 South Africa 8,329 kg/ha compare
- 19 Armenia 8,290 kg/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 — yield in Spain?
- Apricots — yield in Spain was 8,992 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 13,212 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,243 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Spain rank for apricots — yield?
- Spain ranks 16th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. 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 Apricots — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.