Spinach — Area harvested in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Spinach — Area harvested was 2,370 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Eastern Europe is 2,370 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 53.6% on the previous year and up 79.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Eastern Europe peaked at 4,959 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 716 ha, in 2005.
That places Eastern Europe 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,959 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,509 ha | -29.2% |
| 1963 | 2,942 ha | -16.2% |
| 1964 | 2,646 ha | -10.1% |
| 1965 | 1,474 ha | -44.3% |
| 1966 | 1,450 ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 1,714 ha | +18.2% |
| 1968 | 1,903 ha | +11.0% |
| 1969 | 1,996 ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 2,198 ha | +10.1% |
| 1971 | 2,316 ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 2,249 ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 2,206 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 2,122 ha | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 1,967 ha | -7.3% |
| 1976 | 2,448 ha | +24.5% |
| 1977 | 2,474 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 2,445 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 2,062 ha | -15.7% |
| 1980 | 1,633 ha | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 1,895 ha | +16.0% |
| 1982 | 1,978 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 1,788 ha | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 1,747 ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 1,798 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 2,164 ha | +20.4% |
| 1987 | 2,360 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 2,201 ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 2,114 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 1,644 ha | -22.2% |
| 1991 | 1,575 ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 1,753 ha | +11.3% |
| 1993 | 1,575 ha | -10.2% |
| 1994 | 1,754 ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 1,684 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 1,528 ha | -9.3% |
| 1997 | 1,774 ha | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 1,771 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,551 ha | +44.0% |
| 2000 | 2,007 ha | -21.3% |
| 2001 | 1,895 ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 2,433 ha | +28.4% |
| 2003 | 1,688 ha | -30.6% |
| 2004 | 2,124 ha | +25.8% |
| 2005 | 716 ha | -66.3% |
| 2006 | 1,191 ha | +66.3% |
| 2007 | 1,038 ha | -12.8% |
| 2008 | 945 ha | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 986 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 824 ha | -16.4% |
| 2011 | 1,055 ha | +28.0% |
| 2012 | 1,138 ha | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 1,131 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,321 ha | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 1,138 ha | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 1,131 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,105 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 2,220 ha | +100.9% |
| 2019 | 2,047 ha | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 1,746 ha | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 1,945 ha | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 1,800 ha | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 1,543 ha | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 2,370 ha | +53.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Eastern Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +100.9% | 1,105 ha | 2,220 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,510 ha | 1,450 ha | 4,959 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,249 ha | 1,967 ha | 2,474 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,968 ha | 1,633 ha | 2,360 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,761 ha | 1,528 ha | 2,551 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,502 ha | 716 ha | 2,433 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,311 ha | 824 ha | 2,220 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,881 ha | 1,543 ha | 2,370 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Eastern Europe?
- Spinach — area harvested in Eastern Europe was 2,370 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,959 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 716 ha in 2005.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.