Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Spain
Spain: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 520.7 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Spain stood at 520.7 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
The figure is down 44.1% on the previous year and down 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Spain peaked at 2,693 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 520.7 kg/ha, in 2017.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,309 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,465 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 2,210 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 2,647 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1965 | 2,693 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 2,119 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1967 | 1,983 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1968 | 2,401 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1969 | 2,062 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1970 | 1,870 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1971 | 1,610 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1972 | 1,654 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 2,059 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1974 | 1,560 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1975 | 1,523 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 1,616 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 1,320 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1978 | 1,558 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1979 | 1,604 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 1,704 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 1,755 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 1,747 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 1,740 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 1,576 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1985 | 1,517 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 1,490 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 1,603 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 1,726 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 1,681 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 773 kg/ha | -54.0% |
| 1991 | 775.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 778 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 780.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 783 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 785.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 787.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 790.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 792.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 795.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 797.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 800.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 802.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 805.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 809.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 816.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 823.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 829.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 836.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 803.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 795.8 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 885.7 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 950.8 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 886.5 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 799.8 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 847.6 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 930.7 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 520.7 kg/ha | -44.1% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 520.7 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,122 kg/ha, 17% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Spain's 520.7 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,561 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -54.0% | 1,681 kg/ha | 773 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -44.1% | 930.7 kg/ha | 520.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,321 kg/ha | 1,983 kg/ha | 2,693 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,637 kg/ha | 1,320 kg/ha | 2,059 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,654 kg/ha | 1,490 kg/ha | 1,755 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 784.21 kg/ha | 773 kg/ha | 795.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 812.66 kg/ha | 797.9 kg/ha | 836.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 827.2 kg/ha | 520.7 kg/ha | 950.8 kg/ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — yield in Spain?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Spain was 520.7 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 2,693 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 520.7 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Spain rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Spain ranks 13th out of 14 countries with data for 2017.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Locust beans (carobs) — Yield. 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.