Spinach — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Spinach — Area harvested was 1,718 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Albania, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Albania recorded 1,718 ha for spinach — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Albania peaked at 1,782 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 283 ha, in 2006.
Albania ranks 20th of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Albania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 400 ha | — |
| 1991 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 480 ha | +37.1% |
| 1993 | 540 ha | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 550 ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 283 ha | -59.6% |
| 2007 | 300 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 680 ha | +126.7% |
| 2009 | 511 ha | -24.9% |
| 2010 | 1,153 ha | +125.6% |
| 2011 | 1,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 1,324 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1,254 ha | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 1,259 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,326 ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 1,468 ha | +10.7% |
| 2018 | 1,410 ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 1,559 ha | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 1,683 ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 1,608 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 1,782 ha | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 1,704 ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 1,718 ha | +0.8% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 1,718 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 684.5 ha, 2.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Albania's 1,718 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 4.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +126.7% | 300 ha | 680 ha |
| 2010 | +125.6% | 511 ha | 1,153 ha |
| 2006 | -59.6% | 700 ha | 283 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 502 ha | 350 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 567.4 ha | 283 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,325 ha | 1,153 ha | 1,559 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,699 ha | 1,608 ha | 1,782 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Albania?
- Spinach — area harvested in Albania was 1,718 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 1,782 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 283 ha in 2006.
- How does Albania rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 20th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.