Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 228 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 228 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2017.
The figure is down 52.0% on the previous year and up 590.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Spain peaked at 6,460 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 19 ha, in 2010.
Spain ranks 94th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,460 ha | +26.7% |
| 1963 | 5,349 ha | -17.2% |
| 1964 | 3,984 ha | -25.5% |
| 1965 | 3,998 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 3,724 ha | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 2,747 ha | -26.2% |
| 1968 | 2,551 ha | -7.1% |
| 1969 | 2,526 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 2,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1973 | 3,800 ha | +26.7% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 1975 | 2,300 ha | -23.3% |
| 1976 | 2,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 2,291 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 1,841 ha | -19.6% |
| 1981 | 1,864 ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 1,728 ha | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 1,836 ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 1,868 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 2,390 ha | +27.9% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | -16.3% |
| 1987 | 1,354 ha | -32.3% |
| 1988 | 880 ha | -35.0% |
| 1989 | 796 ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 621 ha | -22.0% |
| 1991 | 489 ha | -21.3% |
| 1992 | 303 ha | -38.0% |
| 1993 | 375 ha | +23.8% |
| 1994 | 295 ha | -21.3% |
| 1995 | 217 ha | -26.4% |
| 1996 | 121 ha | -44.2% |
| 1997 | 61 ha | -49.6% |
| 1998 | 126 ha | +106.6% |
| 1999 | 60 ha | -52.4% |
| 2000 | 71 ha | +18.3% |
| 2001 | 56 ha | -21.1% |
| 2002 | 45 ha | -19.6% |
| 2003 | 26 ha | -42.2% |
| 2004 | 42 ha | +61.5% |
| 2005 | 49 ha | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 202 ha | +312.2% |
| 2007 | 33 ha | -83.7% |
| 2008 | 30 ha | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 19 ha | -45.7% |
| 2011 | 63 ha | +231.6% |
| 2012 | 490 ha | +677.8% |
| 2013 | 648 ha | +32.2% |
| 2014 | 429 ha | -33.8% |
| 2015 | 554 ha | +29.1% |
| 2016 | 475 ha | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 228 ha | -52.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 228 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 218.5 ha, 1.0× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Spain's 228 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 233 ha, 98% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 | +677.8% | 63 ha | 490 ha |
| 2006 | +312.2% | 49 ha | 202 ha |
| 2011 | +231.6% | 19 ha | 63 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,049 ha | 2,526 ha | 6,460 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,639 ha | 2,200 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,656 ha | 796 ha | 2,390 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 266.8 ha | 60 ha | 621 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.9 ha | 26 ha | 202 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 363.25 ha | 19 ha | 648 ha | 8 |
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- 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Spain?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Spain was 228 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 6,460 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 ha in 2010.
- How does Spain rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 94th out of 112 countries with data for 2017.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 590.9%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.