Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 525,950 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Spain is 525,950 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.1% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Spain peaked at 1.12 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 207,168 ha, in 2008.
That places Spain 32nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.11 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.11 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 1.12 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1.02 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1965 | 991,462 ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 1.02 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 995,316 ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 940,048 ha | -5.6% |
| 1969 | 875,087 ha | -6.9% |
| 1970 | 820,100 ha | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 757,400 ha | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 777,369 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 745,091 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 749,645 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 674,600 ha | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 623,500 ha | -7.6% |
| 1977 | 579,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 575,220 ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 548,812 ha | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 513,100 ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 479,790 ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 449,900 ha | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 433,600 ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 424,947 ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 411,385 ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 417,901 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 430,437 ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 369,648 ha | -14.1% |
| 1989 | 325,715 ha | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 318,713 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 299,959 ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 246,266 ha | -17.9% |
| 1993 | 210,609 ha | -14.5% |
| 1994 | 356,333 ha | +69.2% |
| 1995 | 495,854 ha | +39.2% |
| 1996 | 719,300 ha | +45.1% |
| 1997 | 574,685 ha | -20.1% |
| 1998 | 505,800 ha | -12.0% |
| 1999 | 503,937 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 457,184 ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 459,322 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 551,384 ha | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 572,795 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 577,596 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 501,604 ha | -13.2% |
| 2006 | 317,546 ha | -36.7% |
| 2007 | 280,112 ha | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 207,168 ha | -26.0% |
| 2009 | 311,115 ha | +50.2% |
| 2010 | 369,748 ha | +18.8% |
| 2011 | 452,407 ha | +22.4% |
| 2012 | 396,161 ha | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 310,833 ha | -21.5% |
| 2014 | 423,413 ha | +36.2% |
| 2015 | 463,403 ha | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 460,227 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 521,386 ha | +13.3% |
| 2018 | 472,920 ha | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 420,550 ha | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 366,930 ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 361,610 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 361,770 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 605,380 ha | +67.3% |
| 2024 | 525,950 ha | -13.1% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 525,950 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 31.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Spain's 525,950 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,184 ha, 23.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +69.2% | 210,609 ha | 356,333 ha |
| 2023 | +67.3% | 361,770 ha | 605,380 ha |
| 2009 | +50.2% | 207,168 ha | 311,115 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 million ha | 875,087 ha | 1.12 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 685,074 ha | 548,812 ha | 820,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 425,642 ha | 325,715 ha | 513,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 423,146 ha | 210,609 ha | 719,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 423,583 ha | 207,168 ha | 577,596 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 429,105 ha | 310,833 ha | 521,386 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 444,328 ha | 361,610 ha | 605,380 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 29 Bangladesh 602,028 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 31,339 ha compare
- 30 Ghana 600,460 ha compare
- 31 Poland 526,300 ha compare
- 33 Togo 442,910 ha compare
- 34 Sudan 395,010 ha compare
- 35 Sudan (former) 345,139 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Spain?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Spain was 525,950 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 207,168 ha in 2008.
- How does Spain rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 32nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.