Broad beans and horse beans, green — Production in Spain
Spain: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Production was 28,940 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Production in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, green — production in Spain stood at 28,940 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — production in Spain peaked at 166,600 t in 1976 and was at its lowest, 28,940 t, in 2024.
Spain ranks 16th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Production in Spain, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 111,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 111,800 t | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 99,000 t | -11.4% |
| 1964 | 129,400 t | +30.7% |
| 1965 | 125,700 t | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 143,900 t | +14.5% |
| 1967 | 143,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 146,500 t | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 111,800 t | -23.7% |
| 1970 | 118,400 t | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 91,200 t | -23.0% |
| 1972 | 76,600 t | -16.0% |
| 1973 | 125,800 t | +64.2% |
| 1974 | 137,900 t | +9.6% |
| 1975 | 148,500 t | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 166,600 t | +12.2% |
| 1977 | 120,800 t | -27.5% |
| 1978 | 124,600 t | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 128,300 t | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 123,700 t | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 113,900 t | -7.9% |
| 1982 | 130,200 t | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 119,700 t | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 127,673 t | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 143,914 t | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 155,400 t | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 159,800 t | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 152,200 t | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 131,200 t | -13.8% |
| 1990 | 124,900 t | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 128,600 t | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 104,700 t | -18.6% |
| 1993 | 89,000 t | -15.0% |
| 1994 | 88,200 t | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 72,600 t | -17.7% |
| 1996 | 65,200 t | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 69,748 t | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 72,900 t | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 73,512 t | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 78,026 t | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 65,497 t | -16.1% |
| 2002 | 73,100 t | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 60,500 t | -17.2% |
| 2004 | 63,395 t | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 53,619 t | -15.4% |
| 2006 | 64,402 t | +20.1% |
| 2007 | 67,944 t | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 76,032 t | +11.9% |
| 2009 | 69,903 t | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 69,903 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 67,971 t | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 50,149 t | -26.2% |
| 2013 | 45,318 t | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 50,094 t | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 52,977 t | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 57,400 t | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 59,210 t | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 50,900 t | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 57,050 t | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 54,070 t | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 52,130 t | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 43,610 t | -16.3% |
| 2023 | 30,370 t | -30.4% |
| 2024 | 28,940 t | -4.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 28,940 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 165 t, 175.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Spain's 28,940 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 478.01 t, 60.5× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124,678 t | 99,000 t | 146,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 123,870 t | 76,600 t | 166,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 135,769 t | 113,900 t | 159,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 88,936 t | 65,200 t | 128,600 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,242 t | 53,619 t | 78,026 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,097 t | 45,318 t | 69,903 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,824 t | 28,940 t | 54,070 t | 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 broad beans and horse beans, green — production in Spain?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — production in Spain was 28,940 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — production recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 166,600 t in 1976.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — production recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,940 t in 2024.
- How does Spain rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — production?
- Spain ranks 16th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — production rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.2%. 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 — 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.