Spinach — Area harvested in Finland
Finland: Spinach — Area harvested was 60 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Area harvested in Finland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Finland recorded 60 ha for spinach — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Finland peaked at 117 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10 ha, in 2018.
Finland ranks 55th of 69 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Finland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 26 ha | — |
| 1991 | 27 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 31 ha | +14.8% |
| 1993 | 41 ha | +32.3% |
| 1994 | 39 ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 41 ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 25 ha | -39.0% |
| 1997 | 36 ha | +44.0% |
| 1998 | 39 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 49 ha | +25.6% |
| 2000 | 54 ha | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 62 ha | +14.8% |
| 2002 | 72 ha | +16.1% |
| 2003 | 74 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 58 ha | -21.6% |
| 2005 | 66 ha | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 72 ha | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 112 ha | +55.6% |
| 2008 | 117 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 92 ha | -21.4% |
| 2010 | 58 ha | -37.0% |
| 2011 | 49 ha | -15.5% |
| 2012 | 46 ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 53 ha | +15.2% |
| 2014 | 51 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 49 ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 71 ha | +44.9% |
| 2017 | 55 ha | -22.5% |
| 2018 | 10 ha | -81.8% |
| 2019 | 40 ha | +300.0% |
| 2020 | 70 ha | +75.0% |
| 2021 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 50 ha | -37.5% |
| 2023 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 60 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 38% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Finland's 60 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 14% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Finland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +300.0% | 10 ha | 40 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.4 ha | 25 ha | 49 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.9 ha | 54 ha | 117 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.2 ha | 10 ha | 71 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62 ha | 50 ha | 80 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,466 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5476 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2548 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Finland?
- Spinach — area harvested in Finland was 60 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 117 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 ha in 2018.
- How does Finland rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Finland ranks 55th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.