Spinach — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Spinach — Area harvested was 853,646 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 853,646 ha for spinach — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Asia peaked at 869,387 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 80,664 ha, in 1984.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 275,347 ha | — |
| 1962 | 211,397 ha | -23.2% |
| 1963 | 187,392 ha | -11.4% |
| 1964 | 172,738 ha | -7.8% |
| 1965 | 174,080 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 171,882 ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 173,488 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 162,003 ha | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 165,385 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 116,717 ha | -29.4% |
| 1971 | 126,886 ha | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 125,422 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 134,076 ha | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 128,528 ha | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 133,295 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 133,391 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 148,250 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 159,954 ha | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 159,546 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 163,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 182,608 ha | +12.0% |
| 1982 | 216,455 ha | +18.5% |
| 1983 | 212,928 ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 80,664 ha | -62.1% |
| 1985 | 232,119 ha | +187.8% |
| 1986 | 237,443 ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 239,910 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 246,784 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 274,665 ha | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 265,683 ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 284,356 ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 287,244 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 332,021 ha | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 385,500 ha | +16.1% |
| 1995 | 406,452 ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 470,394 ha | +15.7% |
| 1997 | 489,735 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 511,613 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 541,920 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 609,141 ha | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 646,818 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 706,671 ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 727,801 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 709,147 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 733,766 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 753,908 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 740,785 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 742,912 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 755,582 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 783,403 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 798,487 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 819,635 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 849,679 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 869,387 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 824,397 ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 826,915 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 829,334 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 831,908 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 836,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 829,569 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 831,785 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 852,285 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 854,675 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 853,646 ha | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Asia 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 | +187.8% | 80,664 ha | 232,119 ha |
| 1984 | -62.1% | 212,928 ha | 80,664 ha |
| 1970 | -29.4% | 165,385 ha | 116,717 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 188,190 ha | 162,003 ha | 275,347 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 136,606 ha | 116,717 ha | 159,954 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 208,658 ha | 80,664 ha | 274,665 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 397,492 ha | 265,683 ha | 541,920 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 712,653 ha | 609,141 ha | 755,582 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 826,944 ha | 783,403 ha | 869,387 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 844,392 ha | 829,569 ha | 854,675 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Asia?
- Spinach — area harvested in Asia was 853,646 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 869,387 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,664 ha in 1984.
- How does Asia rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 8 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia 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.