Beeswax — Production in Spain
Spain: Beeswax — Production was 1,519 t in 2017. ▲ Rising
Beeswax — Production in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2017, beeswax — production in Spain stood at 1,519 t.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beeswax — production in Spain peaked at 2,837 t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 300 t, in 1968.
Spain ranks 8th of 52 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Beeswax — Production in Spain, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 579 t | — |
| 1962 | 606 t | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 661 t | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 593 t | -10.3% |
| 1965 | 601 t | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 459 t | -23.6% |
| 1967 | 492 t | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 300 t | -39.0% |
| 1969 | 496 t | +65.3% |
| 1970 | 442 t | -10.9% |
| 1971 | 510 t | +15.4% |
| 1972 | 488 t | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 546 t | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 602 t | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 667 t | +10.8% |
| 1976 | 679 t | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 773 t | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 710 t | -8.2% |
| 1979 | 733 t | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 670 t | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 628 t | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 730 t | +16.2% |
| 1983 | 979 t | +34.1% |
| 1984 | 973 t | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 1,002 t | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 996 t | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 1,326 t | +33.1% |
| 1988 | 1,103 t | -16.8% |
| 1989 | 1,085 t | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 1,073 t | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 1,242 t | +15.8% |
| 1992 | 1,243 t | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,347 t | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 1,280 t | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 695 t | -45.7% |
| 1996 | 1,747 t | +151.4% |
| 1997 | 1,784 t | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 1,841 t | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 2,186 t | +18.7% |
| 2000 | 2,047 t | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 2,457 t | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 2,837 t | +15.5% |
| 2003 | 1,890 t | -33.4% |
| 2004 | 2,013 t | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 1,450 t | -28.0% |
| 2006 | 1,522 t | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 1,568 t | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 1,575 t | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,578 t | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,649 t | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 1,614 t | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 1,545 t | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 1,712 t | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 1,688 t | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 1,652 t | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,635 t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,519 t | -7.1% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 1,519 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 301 t, 5.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Spain's 1,519 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 311.66 t, 4.9× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beeswax — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +151.4% | 695 t | 1,747 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 531.89 t | 300 t | 661 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 615 t | 442 t | 773 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 949.2 t | 628 t | 1,326 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,444 t | 695 t | 2,186 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,894 t | 1,450 t | 2,837 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,627 t | 1,519 t | 1,712 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 5 Kenya 4,041 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 1,908 t compare
- 6 Angola 2,321 t compare
- 7 Brazil 1,796 t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 156.36 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.63 t compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 40 t compare
- 9 Uruguay 1,234 t compare
- 10 Dominican Republic 1,140 t compare
- 10 Polynesia 0 t compare
- 11 Mexico 1,120 t 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 beeswax — production in Spain?
- Beeswax — production in Spain was 1,519 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beeswax — production recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 2,837 t in 2002.
- What is the lowest beeswax — production recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 t in 1968.
- How does Spain rank for beeswax — production?
- Spain ranks 8th out of 52 countries with data for 2017.
- Is beeswax — production rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 Beeswax — Production. 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.