Canary seed — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Canary seed — Area harvested was 382 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Canary seed — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, canary seed — area harvested in Spain stood at 382 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 172.9% on the previous year and up 1,636.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, canary seed — area harvested in Spain peaked at 13,200 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 6 ha, in 2011.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Canary seed — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,440 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,280 ha | +58.3% |
| 1963 | 2,865 ha | +25.7% |
| 1964 | 1,855 ha | -35.3% |
| 1965 | 1,347 ha | -27.4% |
| 1966 | 854 ha | -36.6% |
| 1967 | 806 ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 1,834 ha | +127.5% |
| 1969 | 2,713 ha | +47.9% |
| 1970 | 13,200 ha | +386.5% |
| 1971 | 5,700 ha | -56.8% |
| 1972 | 4,700 ha | -17.5% |
| 1973 | 3,100 ha | -34.0% |
| 1974 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,600 ha | +16.1% |
| 1976 | 3,339 ha | -7.2% |
| 1977 | 5,029 ha | +50.6% |
| 1978 | 5,261 ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 3,438 ha | -34.7% |
| 1980 | 3,069 ha | -10.7% |
| 1981 | 2,988 ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 2,092 ha | -30.0% |
| 1983 | 1,917 ha | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 1,678 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 1,098 ha | -34.6% |
| 1986 | 1,099 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 834 ha | -24.1% |
| 1988 | 662 ha | -20.6% |
| 1989 | 460 ha | -30.5% |
| 1990 | 499 ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 425 ha | -14.8% |
| 1992 | 340 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 267 ha | -21.5% |
| 1994 | 265 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 148 ha | -44.2% |
| 1996 | 85 ha | -42.6% |
| 1997 | 80 ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 76 ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 49 ha | -35.5% |
| 2000 | 50 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 46 ha | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 42 ha | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 38 ha | -9.5% |
| 2004 | 34 ha | -10.5% |
| 2005 | 30 ha | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 26 ha | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 22 ha | -15.4% |
| 2008 | 18 ha | -18.2% |
| 2009 | 13 ha | -27.8% |
| 2010 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 ha | -53.8% |
| 2012 | 47 ha | +683.3% |
| 2013 | 19 ha | -59.6% |
| 2014 | 23 ha | +21.1% |
| 2015 | 20 ha | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 140 ha | +600.0% |
| 2017 | 382 ha | +172.9% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 382 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,578 ha, 11% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Canary seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +683.3% | 6 ha | 47 ha |
| 2016 | +600.0% | 20 ha | 140 ha |
| 1970 | +386.5% | 2,713 ha | 13,200 ha |
| 2017 | +172.9% | 140 ha | 382 ha |
| 1968 | +127.5% | 806 ha | 1,834 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,777 ha | 806 ha | 2,865 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,047 ha | 3,100 ha | 13,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,590 ha | 460 ha | 3,069 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 223.4 ha | 49 ha | 499 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.9 ha | 13 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.25 ha | 6 ha | 382 ha | 8 |
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 canary seed — area harvested in Spain?
- Canary seed — area harvested in Spain was 382 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest canary seed — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 13,200 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest canary seed — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 ha in 2011.
- How does Spain rank for canary seed — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 9th out of 12 countries with data for 2017.
- Is canary seed — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,636.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Canary seed — 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.