Dates — Yield in Spain
Spain: Dates — Yield was 3,756 kg/ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Yield in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 3,756 kg/ha for dates — yield in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Spain peaked at 29,925 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 3,756 kg/ha, in 2017.
That places Spain 25th out of 37 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,630 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,925 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 29,925 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 28,249 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 27,375 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 25,368 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1967 | 24,102 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 26,136 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1969 | 25,545 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 20,952 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1971 | 22,456 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 21,224 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 21,527 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 21,102 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 20,874 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 20,935 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 21,545 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 21,451 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 21,581 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 21,236 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 20,712 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 21,048 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 19,594 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 19,106 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 19,391 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 18,704 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 18,610 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 18,669 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 18,967 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 18,576 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 18,005 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 17,629 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 18,995 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 17,654 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 17,284 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 16,407 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 13,670 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 12,827 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 14,410 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 4,930 kg/ha | -65.8% |
| 2001 | 4,360 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2002 | 4,517 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 4,686 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 4,934 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 4,882 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 5,343 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 5,263 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 5,354 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 5,343 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 5,438 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 5,510 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 6,480 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 4,884 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2014 | 5,714 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 4,856 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2016 | 3,942 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2017 | 3,756 kg/ha | -4.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 3,756 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 11,137 kg/ha, 34% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -65.8% | 14,410 kg/ha | 4,930 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,362 kg/ha | 24,102 kg/ha | 29,925 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,365 kg/ha | 20,874 kg/ha | 22,456 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,604 kg/ha | 18,610 kg/ha | 21,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,546 kg/ha | 12,827 kg/ha | 18,995 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,961 kg/ha | 4,360 kg/ha | 5,354 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,072 kg/ha | 3,756 kg/ha | 6,480 kg/ha | 8 |
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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 — yield in Spain?
- Dates — yield in Spain was 3,756 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 29,925 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,756 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Spain rank for dates — yield?
- Spain ranks 25th out of 37 countries with data for 2017.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. 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 Dates — Yield. 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.