Rice — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Rice — Area harvested was 85,940 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Spain stood at 85,940 ha.
The figure is up 55.9% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Spain peaked at 122,632 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 40,800 ha, in 1983.
Spain ranks 52nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 63,040 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 62,700 ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 64,088 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 58,998 ha | -7.9% |
| 1966 | 59,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 59,810 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 60,468 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 63,600 ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 64,155 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 61,100 ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 59,100 ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 61,400 ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 61,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 62,100 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 64,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 67,900 ha | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 68,292 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 68,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 68,400 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 69,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 67,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 40,800 ha | -39.6% |
| 1984 | 73,000 ha | +78.9% |
| 1985 | 74,581 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 78,476 ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 76,365 ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 79,900 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 58,500 ha | -26.8% |
| 1990 | 90,387 ha | +54.5% |
| 1991 | 93,721 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 85,699 ha | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 48,444 ha | -43.5% |
| 1994 | 66,700 ha | +37.7% |
| 1995 | 54,500 ha | -18.3% |
| 1996 | 105,100 ha | +92.8% |
| 1997 | 113,565 ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 112,700 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 112,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 117,045 ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 115,594 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 113,468 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 117,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 122,632 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 119,150 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 106,535 ha | -10.6% |
| 2007 | 101,565 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 96,100 ha | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 119,300 ha | +24.1% |
| 2010 | 122,184 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 122,368 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 112,819 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 112,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 110,419 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 109,290 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 109,272 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 107,604 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 105,010 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 103,370 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 102,060 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 84,680 ha | -17.0% |
| 2022 | 56,040 ha | -33.8% |
| 2023 | 55,120 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 85,940 ha | +55.9% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 85,940 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 205.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +92.8% | 54,500 ha | 105,100 ha |
| 1984 | +78.9% | 40,800 ha | 73,000 ha |
| 2024 | +55.9% | 55,120 ha | 85,940 ha |
| 1990 | +54.5% | 58,500 ha | 90,387 ha |
| 1993 | -43.5% | 85,699 ha | 48,444 ha |
| 1983 | -39.6% | 67,600 ha | 40,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,523 ha | 58,998 ha | 64,088 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,785 ha | 59,100 ha | 68,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,662 ha | 40,800 ha | 79,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 88,292 ha | 48,444 ha | 113,565 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 112,889 ha | 96,100 ha | 122,632 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 111,434 ha | 103,370 ha | 122,368 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,768 ha | 55,120 ha | 102,060 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
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 rice — area harvested in Spain?
- Rice — area harvested in Spain was 85,940 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 122,632 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,800 ha in 1983.
- How does Spain rank for rice — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 52nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. 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 Rice — 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.