Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 3,630 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Spain stood at 3,630 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 14.2% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Spain peaked at 24,400 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 3,630 ha, in 2024.
That places Spain 17th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,400 ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 13,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 20,900 ha | +53.7% |
| 1965 | 21,900 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 22,100 ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 22,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 24,400 ha | +10.4% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | -18.0% |
| 1970 | 18,575 ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 13,600 ha | -26.8% |
| 1972 | 11,200 ha | -17.6% |
| 1973 | 17,200 ha | +53.6% |
| 1974 | 16,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1975 | 17,800 ha | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 17,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 14,400 ha | -19.6% |
| 1978 | 15,100 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 14,600 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 14,500 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 15,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 17,231 ha | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 17,076 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 16,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 18,100 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 17,200 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 16,600 ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 15,600 ha | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 15,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 13,900 ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 12,400 ha | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 11,400 ha | -8.1% |
| 1995 | 10,400 ha | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 8,100 ha | -22.1% |
| 1997 | 8,247 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 8,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 8,083 ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 9,070 ha | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 8,651 ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 7,400 ha | -14.5% |
| 2003 | 6,800 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 7,906 ha | +16.3% |
| 2005 | 7,989 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 9,358 ha | +17.1% |
| 2007 | 9,254 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 8,436 ha | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 8,920 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 8,595 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 7,993 ha | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 6,216 ha | -22.2% |
| 2013 | 5,170 ha | -16.8% |
| 2014 | 5,789 ha | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 6,064 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 6,119 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 6,774 ha | +10.7% |
| 2018 | 5,980 ha | -11.7% |
| 2019 | 6,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 6,170 ha | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 6,150 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 5,480 ha | -10.9% |
| 2023 | 4,230 ha | -22.8% |
| 2024 | 3,630 ha | -14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,956 ha | 12,200 ha | 24,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,638 ha | 11,200 ha | 18,575 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,321 ha | 14,500 ha | 18,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,213 ha | 8,083 ha | 15,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,378 ha | 6,800 ha | 9,358 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,520 ha | 5,170 ha | 8,595 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,132 ha | 3,630 ha | 6,170 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Spain?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Spain was 3,630 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 24,400 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,630 ha in 2024.
- How does Spain rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 17th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.