Oats — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Oats — Area harvested was 514,060 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oats — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 514,060 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 10.1% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Spain peaked at 582,900 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 313,800 ha, in 1992.
Spain ranks 8th of 79 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Oats — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 582,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 548,945 ha | -5.8% |
| 1963 | 527,263 ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 508,545 ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 501,624 ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 469,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1967 | 485,617 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 507,847 ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 506,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 473,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 462,700 ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 467,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 470,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 475,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 457,200 ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 454,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 405,500 ha | -10.8% |
| 1978 | 441,900 ha | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 436,300 ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 458,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 463,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 441,500 ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 454,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 479,290 ha | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 459,038 ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 393,475 ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 352,727 ha | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 360,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 358,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 348,700 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 324,800 ha | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 313,800 ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 314,988 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 347,500 ha | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 366,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 391,300 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 399,811 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 413,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 409,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 432,137 ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 445,926 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 455,185 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 477,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 479,801 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 457,847 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 524,389 ha | +14.5% |
| 2007 | 531,432 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 505,511 ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 561,238 ha | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 511,329 ha | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 508,344 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 438,700 ha | -13.7% |
| 2013 | 444,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 430,280 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 490,041 ha | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 509,849 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 558,767 ha | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 556,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 453,430 ha | -18.5% |
| 2020 | 506,170 ha | +11.6% |
| 2021 | 504,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 459,120 ha | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 466,760 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 514,060 ha | +10.1% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 514,060 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 10.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Spain's 514,060 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 20.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 515,327 ha | 469,000 ha | 582,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 454,400 ha | 405,500 ha | 475,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 422,083 ha | 352,727 ha | 479,290 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 363,040 ha | 313,800 ha | 413,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 487,047 ha | 432,137 ha | 561,238 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 490,174 ha | 430,280 ha | 558,767 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 490,022 ha | 459,120 ha | 514,060 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 5 Australia 742,000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10,916 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 539,317 ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1,621 ha compare
- 7 Poland 519,000 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 40 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 ha compare
- 9 Finland 328,300 ha compare
- 10 Argentina 277,521 ha compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 193,199 ha compare
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 oats — area harvested in Spain?
- Oats — area harvested in Spain was 514,060 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 582,900 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 313,800 ha in 1992.
- How does Spain rank for oats — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 8th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — 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.