Pears — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Pears — Area harvested was 18,090 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pears — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — area harvested in Spain is 18,090 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Spain peaked at 40,956 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 6,600 ha, in 1961.
That places Spain 9th out of 87 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,100 ha | +7.6% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +26.8% |
| 1964 | 9,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 12,100 ha | +26.0% |
| 1966 | 13,800 ha | +14.0% |
| 1967 | 14,500 ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 15,600 ha | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 17,700 ha | +13.5% |
| 1970 | 27,400 ha | +54.8% |
| 1971 | 29,600 ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 36,100 ha | +22.0% |
| 1973 | 36,700 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 38,700 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 38,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 38,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 34,000 ha | -12.4% |
| 1978 | 33,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 33,320 ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 34,600 ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 34,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 34,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 34,300 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 33,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 38,500 ha | +14.6% |
| 1986 | 36,800 ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 35,800 ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 35,400 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 35,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 37,600 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 36,700 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 36,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 36,900 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 37,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 37,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 37,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 40,956 ha | +9.8% |
| 1998 | 40,703 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 40,364 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 40,224 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 35,521 ha | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 33,202 ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 38,136 ha | +14.9% |
| 2004 | 35,973 ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 33,535 ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 33,630 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 31,891 ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 29,216 ha | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 27,967 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 27,333 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 27,010 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 25,512 ha | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 24,200 ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 23,640 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 22,878 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 22,547 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 21,888 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 21,330 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 20,620 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 20,220 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 20,020 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 19,110 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 18,460 ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 18,090 ha | -2.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 18,090 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 26.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Spain's 18,090 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,000 ha, 9.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +54.8% | 17,700 ha | 27,400 ha |
| 1963 | +26.8% | 7,100 ha | 9,000 ha |
| 1965 | +26.0% | 9,600 ha | 12,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,778 ha | 6,600 ha | 17,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,672 ha | 27,400 ha | 38,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,350 ha | 33,600 ha | 38,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,202 ha | 36,700 ha | 40,956 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,930 ha | 27,967 ha | 40,224 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,696 ha | 20,620 ha | 27,333 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,180 ha | 18,090 ha | 20,220 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,273 ha compare
- 6 Italy 20,570 ha compare
- 7 Argentina 19,900 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 2,071 ha compare
- 8 Algeria 18,825 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 692 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 370 ha compare
- 10 South Africa 12,235 ha compare
- 11 Ukraine 11,000 ha compare
- 12 Japan 10,900 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 pears — area harvested in Spain?
- Pears — area harvested in Spain was 18,090 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 40,956 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for pears — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 9th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — 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.