Asparagus — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Asparagus — Area harvested was 13,130 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, asparagus — area harvested in Spain stood at 13,130 ha.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Spain peaked at 28,400 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2,600 ha, in 1961.
Spain ranks 6th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,200 ha | +23.1% |
| 1963 | 4,400 ha | +37.5% |
| 1964 | 4,800 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 5,800 ha | +16.0% |
| 1967 | 6,300 ha | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 6,700 ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 7,200 ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 8,600 ha | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 9,100 ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 10,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1974 | 12,500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1975 | 13,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 13,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 13,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 13,260 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 13,960 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 14,700 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 14,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,600 ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 17,300 ha | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 19,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 18,799 ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 20,300 ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 21,900 ha | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 24,500 ha | +11.9% |
| 1989 | 26,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 28,100 ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 28,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 25,400 ha | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 23,100 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 21,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 19,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 21,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 15,710 ha | -25.2% |
| 1998 | 14,230 ha | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 15,554 ha | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 15,715 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 15,251 ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 14,931 ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 14,464 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 13,522 ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 13,419 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 11,999 ha | -10.6% |
| 2007 | 11,012 ha | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 10,243 ha | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 10,387 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 10,178 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 11,065 ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 10,231 ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 9,900 ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 10,112 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 11,251 ha | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 12,589 ha | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 13,755 ha | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 14,690 ha | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 13,370 ha | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 14,220 ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 13,520 ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 13,130 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 13,320 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 13,130 ha | -1.4% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 13,130 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 267 ha, 49.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Spain's 13,130 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 210 ha, 62.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,111 ha | 2,600 ha | 7,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,552 ha | 8,000 ha | 13,960 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,280 ha | 14,700 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,149 ha | 14,230 ha | 28,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,094 ha | 10,243 ha | 15,715 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,714 ha | 9,900 ha | 14,690 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,464 ha | 13,130 ha | 14,220 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 asparagus — area harvested in Spain?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Spain was 13,130 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 28,400 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 6th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. 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 Asparagus — Area harvested. 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.