Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Spain
Spain: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 535,875 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Spain, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese (all kinds) — production in Spain is 535,875 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 69.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Spain peaked at 549,616 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 47,110 t, in 1964.
That places Spain 11th out of 110 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Spain, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,785 t | — |
| 1962 | 47,197 t | -8.9% |
| 1963 | 53,505 t | +13.4% |
| 1964 | 47,110 t | -12.0% |
| 1965 | 62,111 t | +31.8% |
| 1966 | 81,656 t | +31.5% |
| 1967 | 92,392 t | +13.1% |
| 1968 | 95,266 t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 77,715 t | -18.4% |
| 1970 | 82,409 t | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 78,453 t | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 93,228 t | +18.8% |
| 1973 | 84,681 t | -9.2% |
| 1974 | 96,482 t | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 109,641 t | +13.6% |
| 1976 | 110,417 t | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 116,884 t | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 132,279 t | +13.2% |
| 1979 | 133,720 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 133,295 t | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 166,810 t | +25.1% |
| 1982 | 127,450 t | -23.6% |
| 1983 | 131,687 t | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 152,619 t | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 154,640 t | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 159,888 t | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 155,806 t | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 162,806 t | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 167,008 t | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 166,122 t | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 165,930 t | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 167,700 t | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 174,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 172,500 t | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 163,000 t | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 157,400 t | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 162,100 t | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 181,900 t | +12.2% |
| 1999 | 184,900 t | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 196,900 t | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 203,300 t | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 216,500 t | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 223,800 t | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 218,600 t | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 221,900 t | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 220,800 t | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 218,880 t | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 218,900 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 215,400 t | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 301,900 t | +40.2% |
| 2011 | 307,600 t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 316,310 t | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 315,600 t | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 388,408 t | +23.1% |
| 2015 | 453,172 t | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 461,993 t | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 482,342 t | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 475,776 t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 443,440 t | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 473,140 t | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 549,616 t | +16.2% |
| 2022 | 539,688 t | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 535,875 t | -0.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 535,875 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 107,288 t, 5.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Spain's 535,875 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79,440 t, 6.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cheese (All Kinds) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +40.2% | 215,400 t | 301,900 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,637 t | 47,110 t | 95,266 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 103,819 t | 78,453 t | 133,720 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 151,201 t | 127,450 t | 167,008 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 169,555 t | 157,400 t | 184,900 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 215,498 t | 196,900 t | 223,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 394,654 t | 301,900 t | 482,342 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 524,580 t | 473,140 t | 549,616 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 8 Egypt 765,662 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10,569 t compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 749,812 t compare
- 10 Canada 599,949 t compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 8,214 t compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 509,900 t compare
- 13 Denmark 496,700 t compare
- 14 Argentina 477,436 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 cheese (all kinds) — production in Spain?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Spain was 535,875 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 549,616 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,110 t in 1964.
- How does Spain rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Spain ranks 11th out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.8%. 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 Cheese (All Kinds) — 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.