Dates — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Dates — Area harvested was 492 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, dates — area harvested in Spain stood at 492 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Spain peaked at 950 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 401 ha, in 1962.
That places Spain 29th out of 37 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 405 ha | — |
| 1962 | 401 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 401 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 531 ha | +32.4% |
| 1965 | 621 ha | +16.9% |
| 1966 | 620 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 710 ha | +14.5% |
| 1971 | 710 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 706 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 759 ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 752 ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 751 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 736 ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 589 ha | -20.0% |
| 1978 | 587 ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 453 ha | -22.8% |
| 1980 | 449 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 534 ha | +18.9% |
| 1982 | 542 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 557 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 662 ha | +18.9% |
| 1985 | 660 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 602 ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 572 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 516 ha | -9.8% |
| 1989 | 516 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 603 ha | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 427 ha | -29.2% |
| 1992 | 442 ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 416 ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 456 ha | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 464 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 494 ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 588 ha | +19.0% |
| 1998 | 585 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 525 ha | -10.3% |
| 2000 | 754 ha | +43.6% |
| 2001 | 856 ha | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 764 ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 764 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 866 ha | +13.4% |
| 2005 | 893 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 865 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 950 ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 837 ha | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 830 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 736 ha | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 679 ha | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 613 ha | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 588 ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 700 ha | +19.0% |
| 2015 | 603 ha | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 501 ha | -16.9% |
| 2017 | 492 ha | -1.8% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 492 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,451 ha, 11% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 537.67 ha | 401 ha | 621 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 675.3 ha | 453 ha | 759 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 561 ha | 449 ha | 662 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 500 ha | 416 ha | 603 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 837.9 ha | 754 ha | 950 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 614 ha | 492 ha | 736 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 dates — area harvested in Spain?
- Dates — area harvested in Spain was 492 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 950 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 401 ha in 1962.
- How does Spain rank for dates — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 29th out of 37 countries with data for 2017.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.2%. 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 Dates — 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.