Spinach — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Spinach — Area harvested was 3,460 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in Germany stood at 3,460 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.0% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Germany peaked at 6,935 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2,463 ha, in 1991.
That places Germany 14th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,935 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,450 ha | -21.4% |
| 1963 | 6,668 ha | +22.3% |
| 1964 | 6,142 ha | -7.9% |
| 1965 | 5,972 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 6,472 ha | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 5,190 ha | -19.8% |
| 1968 | 4,878 ha | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 4,839 ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 5,344 ha | +10.4% |
| 1971 | 5,664 ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 4,487 ha | -20.8% |
| 1973 | 4,159 ha | -7.3% |
| 1974 | 4,377 ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 4,155 ha | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 4,572 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 4,264 ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 3,995 ha | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 3,882 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 3,631 ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 3,913 ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 3,550 ha | -9.3% |
| 1983 | 4,039 ha | +13.8% |
| 1984 | 3,969 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 3,787 ha | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 4,177 ha | +10.3% |
| 1987 | 3,311 ha | -20.7% |
| 1988 | 3,627 ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 3,693 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 2,930 ha | -20.7% |
| 1991 | 2,463 ha | -15.9% |
| 1992 | 3,756 ha | +52.5% |
| 1993 | 3,483 ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 2,950 ha | -15.3% |
| 1995 | 3,225 ha | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 3,889 ha | +20.6% |
| 1997 | 3,825 ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 3,505 ha | -8.4% |
| 1999 | 3,458 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 3,811 ha | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 3,525 ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 3,257 ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 3,433 ha | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 3,431 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 3,545 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 3,338 ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 3,582 ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 3,528 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 3,546 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 3,145 ha | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 3,377 ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 3,424 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 3,030 ha | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 3,103 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 3,296 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 3,616 ha | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 3,848 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 3,480 ha | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 3,460 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,970 ha | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 4,320 ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 3,260 ha | -24.5% |
| 2023 | 3,090 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 3,460 ha | +12.0% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 3,460 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 21.6× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Germany's 3,460 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 8.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,838 ha | 4,839 ha | 6,935 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,490 ha | 3,882 ha | 5,664 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,770 ha | 3,311 ha | 4,177 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,348 ha | 2,463 ha | 3,889 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,500 ha | 3,257 ha | 3,811 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,378 ha | 3,030 ha | 3,848 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,620 ha | 3,090 ha | 4,320 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Germany?
- Spinach — area harvested in Germany was 3,460 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 6,935 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,463 ha in 1991.
- How does Germany rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 14th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.