Quinces — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Quinces — Yield was 7,547 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Quinces — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for quinces — yield in Portugal is 7,547 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, quinces — yield in Portugal peaked at 11,000 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2,497 kg/ha, in 1973.
Portugal ranks 24th of 55 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Quinces — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,071 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 5,007 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 5,574 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 5,953 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1971 | 5,987 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 6,287 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 2,497 kg/ha | -60.3% |
| 1974 | 4,499 kg/ha | +80.2% |
| 1975 | 4,188 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 4,564 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 2,630 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 1978 | 3,239 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1979 | 4,073 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1980 | 4,786 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1981 | 4,331 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 4,670 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 5,154 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 3,872 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1985 | 3,804 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 3,052 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1987 | 3,331 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 10,000 kg/ha | +200.2% |
| 1989 | 11,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 9,800 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 6,600 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1992 | 8,000 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1993 | 6,589 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | +51.8% |
| 1995 | 9,787 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 10,428 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 10,618 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 10,441 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 9,676 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 8,699 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2001 | 8,309 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 8,289 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 8,110 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 8,316 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 8,426 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 8,875 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 7,993 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 6,475 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2009 | 8,835 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 2010 | 8,665 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 8,596 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 7,390 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 7,521 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 7,369 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 7,434 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 7,574 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 7,547 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 7,547 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,408 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 7,547 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,863 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Quinces — Yield in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +200.2% | 3,331 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +80.2% | 2,497 kg/ha | 4,499 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,073 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,574 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,392 kg/ha | 2,497 kg/ha | 6,287 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,400 kg/ha | 3,052 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,194 kg/ha | 6,589 kg/ha | 10,618 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,233 kg/ha | 6,475 kg/ha | 8,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,762 kg/ha | 7,369 kg/ha | 8,665 kg/ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is quinces — yield in Portugal?
- Quinces — yield in Portugal was 7,547 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest quinces — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 11,000 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest quinces — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,497 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Portugal rank for quinces — yield?
- Portugal ranks 24th out of 55 countries with data for 2017.
- Is quinces — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Quinces — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.