Artichokes — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Artichokes — Area harvested was 11,880 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Artichokes — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, artichokes — area harvested in Spain stood at 11,880 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artichokes — area harvested in Spain peaked at 31,800 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 10,060 ha, in 1961.
Spain ranks 5th of 36 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Artichokes — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,060 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,335 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 12,185 ha | +17.9% |
| 1964 | 13,062 ha | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 14,159 ha | +8.4% |
| 1966 | 14,134 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 14,561 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 13,610 ha | -6.5% |
| 1969 | 13,208 ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 22,375 ha | +69.4% |
| 1971 | 24,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 21,800 ha | -9.2% |
| 1973 | 26,100 ha | +19.7% |
| 1974 | 26,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 19,300 ha | -28.0% |
| 1976 | 21,500 ha | +11.4% |
| 1977 | 24,500 ha | +14.0% |
| 1978 | 26,800 ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 25,940 ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 21,900 ha | -15.6% |
| 1981 | 23,900 ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 22,800 ha | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 23,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 25,640 ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 27,061 ha | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 26,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 25,320 ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 28,500 ha | +12.6% |
| 1989 | 31,800 ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 31,100 ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 27,200 ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 25,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 23,600 ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 21,800 ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 18,400 ha | -15.6% |
| 1996 | 19,100 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 18,472 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 18,463 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 18,817 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 19,656 ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 18,708 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 19,289 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 19,094 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 18,142 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 18,792 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 18,097 ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 17,277 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 16,042 ha | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 15,190 ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 14,726 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 15,144 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 15,638 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 15,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 17,428 ha | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 15,002 ha | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 16,045 ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 16,403 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 15,580 ha | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 14,490 ha | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 13,760 ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 14,800 ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 14,530 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 12,800 ha | -11.9% |
| 2024 | 11,880 ha | -7.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Artichokes — 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 | +69.4% | 13,208 ha | 22,375 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,813 ha | 10,060 ha | 14,561 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,912 ha | 19,300 ha | 26,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,642 ha | 21,900 ha | 31,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,255 ha | 18,400 ha | 31,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,029 ha | 15,190 ha | 19,656 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,586 ha | 14,490 ha | 17,428 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,554 ha | 11,880 ha | 14,800 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
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 artichokes — area harvested in Spain?
- Artichokes — area harvested in Spain was 11,880 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artichokes — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 31,800 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest artichokes — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,060 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for artichokes — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 5th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artichokes — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.8%. 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 Artichokes — 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.