Quinces — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Quinces — Area harvested was 1,420 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Quinces — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for quinces — area harvested in Spain is 1,420 ha, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, quinces — area harvested in Spain peaked at 1,420 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 452 ha, in 2000.
That places Spain 10th out of 55 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Quinces — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 635 ha | — |
| 1962 | 645 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 658 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 672 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 673 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 579 ha | -14.0% |
| 1967 | 613 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 639 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 671 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 509 ha | -24.1% |
| 1971 | 546 ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 540 ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 903 ha | +67.2% |
| 1974 | 751 ha | -16.8% |
| 1975 | 769 ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 712 ha | -7.4% |
| 1977 | 702 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 723 ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 766 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 715 ha | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 665 ha | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 643 ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 572 ha | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 567 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 1,315 ha | +131.9% |
| 1986 | 1,220 ha | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 1,220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,255 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 1,265 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 1,295 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 1,290 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 1,325 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 1,310 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 1,180 ha | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 1,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1,070 ha | -10.8% |
| 1997 | 900 ha | -15.9% |
| 1998 | 627 ha | -30.3% |
| 1999 | 700 ha | +11.6% |
| 2000 | 452 ha | -35.4% |
| 2001 | 849 ha | +87.8% |
| 2002 | 945 ha | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 1,012 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 1,334 ha | +31.8% |
| 2005 | 1,373 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 1,380 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,236 ha | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 1,333 ha | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 1,327 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,304 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 1,341 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1,386 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 1,377 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,385 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,382 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,406 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1,420 ha | +1.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 1,420 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 156 ha, 9.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Spain's 1,420 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 287 ha, 4.9× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Quinces — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +131.9% | 567 ha | 1,315 ha |
| 2001 | +87.8% | 452 ha | 849 ha |
| 1973 | +67.2% | 540 ha | 903 ha |
| 2000 | -35.4% | 700 ha | 452 ha |
| 2004 | +31.8% | 1,012 ha | 1,334 ha |
| 1998 | -30.3% | 900 ha | 627 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 642.78 ha | 579 ha | 673 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 692.1 ha | 509 ha | 903 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 943.7 ha | 567 ha | 1,315 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,090 ha | 627 ha | 1,325 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,124 ha | 452 ha | 1,380 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,375 ha | 1,304 ha | 1,420 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26 ha compare
- 7 Morocco 2,817 ha compare
- 8 Yugoslav SFR 2,260 ha compare
- 9 Serbia 2,081 ha compare
- 11 Algeria 1,413 ha compare
- 12 Serbia and Montenegro 1,365 ha compare
- 13 Belgium 980 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 quinces — area harvested in Spain?
- Quinces — area harvested in Spain was 1,420 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest quinces — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1,420 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest quinces — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 452 ha in 2000.
- How does Spain rank for quinces — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 10th out of 55 countries with data for 2017.
- Is quinces — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. 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 Quinces — 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.