Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested was 13,240 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested in Portugal, 1985–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Portugal stood at 13,240 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 14,295 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 8,097 ha, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,100 ha | 9,100 ha | 9,100 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 13,592 ha | 8,097 ha | 14,295 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,656 ha | 13,402 ha | 14,213 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,551 ha | 13,240 ha | 13,909 ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Portugal?
- Locust beans (carobs) — area harvested in Portugal was 13,240 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 14,295 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,097 ha in 1990.
- How does Portugal rank for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 1st out of 15 countries with data for 2017.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Locust beans (carobs) — 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.