Spinach — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Spinach — Area harvested was 37,775 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Area harvested in 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 Europe is 37,775 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Europe peaked at 47,803 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 28,560 ha, in 1972.
Europe ranks 4th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,178 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,778 ha | -10.6% |
| 1963 | 32,727 ha | +13.7% |
| 1964 | 30,285 ha | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 28,882 ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 29,087 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 28,619 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 29,728 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 30,751 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 30,636 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 30,932 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 28,560 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 28,907 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 30,133 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 29,511 ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 30,176 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 30,610 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 31,489 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 30,792 ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 29,113 ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 29,821 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 30,755 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 31,842 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 32,042 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 32,362 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 32,315 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 31,594 ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 31,557 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 31,003 ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 31,964 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 30,446 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 31,369 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 33,268 ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 33,787 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 33,374 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 32,736 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 32,868 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 32,516 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 32,888 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 33,951 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 33,430 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 33,647 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 33,468 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 33,487 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 34,126 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 35,315 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 35,570 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 34,703 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 32,597 ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 31,738 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 34,264 ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 31,630 ha | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 34,798 ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 34,071 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 34,392 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 38,739 ha | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 41,035 ha | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 42,373 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 41,521 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 41,368 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 47,803 ha | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 41,753 ha | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 35,648 ha | -14.6% |
| 2024 | 37,775 ha | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,115 ha | 28,619 ha | 32,727 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,175 ha | 28,560 ha | 31,489 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,240 ha | 29,113 ha | 32,362 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,522 ha | 30,446 ha | 33,787 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,029 ha | 32,597 ha | 35,570 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,456 ha | 31,630 ha | 42,373 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,869 ha | 35,648 ha | 47,803 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 China 736,735 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 736,281 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 15,531 ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 43,680 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5,084 ha compare
- 4 Japan 18,355 ha compare
- 5 Kenya 11,842 ha compare
- 6 Malaysia 10,520 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 400 ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 9,860 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Europe?
- Spinach — area harvested in Europe was 37,775 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 47,803 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,560 ha in 1972.
- How does Europe rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.