Mixed grain — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Mixed grain — Area harvested was 43,190 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mixed grain — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 43,190 ha for mixed grain — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 16.3% on the previous year and up 501.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mixed grain — area harvested in Spain peaked at 48,610 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1971.
Spain ranks 5th of 35 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mixed grain — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,090 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,520 ha | -9.4% |
| 1963 | 4,960 ha | -10.1% |
| 1964 | 3,900 ha | -21.4% |
| 1965 | 3,850 ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 3,460 ha | -10.1% |
| 1967 | 3,350 ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 1,800 ha | -46.3% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | -22.2% |
| 1970 | 900 ha | -35.7% |
| 1971 | 200 ha | -77.8% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +500.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +108.3% |
| 1974 | 1,600 ha | -36.0% |
| 1975 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,929 ha | +83.1% |
| 1977 | 4,209 ha | +43.7% |
| 1978 | 1,331 ha | -68.4% |
| 1979 | 2,688 ha | +102.0% |
| 1980 | 3,111 ha | +15.7% |
| 1981 | 3,040 ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 4,804 ha | +58.0% |
| 1983 | 4,030 ha | -16.1% |
| 1984 | 5,404 ha | +34.1% |
| 1985 | 6,986 ha | +29.3% |
| 1986 | 9,325 ha | +33.5% |
| 1987 | 10,811 ha | +15.9% |
| 1988 | 14,100 ha | +30.4% |
| 1989 | 11,203 ha | -20.5% |
| 1990 | 13,900 ha | +24.1% |
| 1991 | 15,147 ha | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 14,918 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 10,495 ha | -29.6% |
| 1994 | 7,130 ha | -32.1% |
| 1995 | 24,720 ha | +246.7% |
| 1996 | 31,703 ha | +28.2% |
| 1997 | 35,006 ha | +10.4% |
| 1998 | 37,943 ha | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 32,726 ha | -13.7% |
| 2000 | 33,030 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 32,679 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 35,391 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 35,391 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 39,523 ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 12,753 ha | -67.7% |
| 2006 | 19,020 ha | +49.1% |
| 2007 | 14,393 ha | -24.3% |
| 2008 | 14,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12,555 ha | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 10,036 ha | -20.1% |
| 2011 | 9,399 ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 3,900 ha | -58.5% |
| 2013 | 7,562 ha | +93.9% |
| 2014 | 7,185 ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 7,200 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 7,260 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 4,245 ha | -41.5% |
| 2018 | 48,610 ha | +1045.1% |
| 2019 | 43,930 ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 44,260 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 45,610 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 45,670 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 37,130 ha | -18.7% |
| 2024 | 43,190 ha | +16.3% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 43,190 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 910 ha, 47.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Spain's 43,190 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 587 ha, 73.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mixed grain — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +1045.1% | 4,245 ha | 48,610 ha |
| 1972 | +500.0% | 200 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 1995 | +246.7% | 7,130 ha | 24,720 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,814 ha | 1,400 ha | 6,090 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,916 ha | 200 ha | 4,209 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,281 ha | 3,040 ha | 14,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,369 ha | 7,130 ha | 37,943 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,914 ha | 12,555 ha | 39,523 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,933 ha | 3,900 ha | 48,610 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,172 ha | 37,130 ha | 45,670 ha | 5 |
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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 mixed grain — area harvested in Spain?
- Mixed grain — area harvested in Spain was 43,190 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mixed grain — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 48,610 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest mixed grain — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1971.
- How does Spain rank for mixed grain — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 5th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mixed grain — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 501.1%. 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 Mixed grain — 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.