Spinach — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Spinach — Area harvested was 630 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Hungary is 630 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.2% on the previous year and up 53.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 4,019 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 112 ha, in 2006.
That places Hungary 29th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Hungary, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,019 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,569 ha | -36.1% |
| 1963 | 1,902 ha | -26.0% |
| 1964 | 1,606 ha | -15.6% |
| 1965 | 424 ha | -73.6% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | -29.2% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 392 ha | +30.7% |
| 1969 | 414 ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 514 ha | +24.2% |
| 1971 | 511 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 413 ha | -19.2% |
| 1973 | 369 ha | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 326 ha | -11.7% |
| 1975 | 255 ha | -21.8% |
| 1976 | 627 ha | +145.9% |
| 1977 | 485 ha | -22.6% |
| 1978 | 430 ha | -11.3% |
| 1979 | 385 ha | -10.5% |
| 1980 | 461 ha | +19.7% |
| 1981 | 402 ha | -12.8% |
| 1982 | 360 ha | -10.4% |
| 1983 | 319 ha | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 254 ha | -20.4% |
| 1985 | 199 ha | -21.7% |
| 1986 | 408 ha | +105.0% |
| 1987 | 705 ha | +72.8% |
| 1988 | 651 ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 534 ha | -18.0% |
| 1990 | 302 ha | -43.4% |
| 1991 | 355 ha | +17.5% |
| 1992 | 581 ha | +63.7% |
| 1993 | 334 ha | -42.5% |
| 1994 | 450 ha | +34.7% |
| 1995 | 384 ha | -14.7% |
| 1996 | 238 ha | -38.0% |
| 1997 | 475 ha | +99.6% |
| 1998 | 438 ha | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 441 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 352 ha | -20.2% |
| 2001 | 360 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 402 ha | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 422 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 444 ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 116 ha | -73.9% |
| 2006 | 112 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 148 ha | +32.1% |
| 2008 | 153 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 214 ha | +39.9% |
| 2010 | 135 ha | -36.9% |
| 2011 | 325 ha | +140.7% |
| 2012 | 370 ha | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 360 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 410 ha | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 392 ha | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 408 ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 372 ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 450 ha | +21.0% |
| 2019 | 470 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 460 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 520 ha | +13.0% |
| 2022 | 480 ha | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 480 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 630 ha | +31.2% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 630 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 3.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 630 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Hungary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +145.9% | 255 ha | 627 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,325 ha | 300 ha | 4,019 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 431.5 ha | 255 ha | 627 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 429.3 ha | 199 ha | 705 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 399.8 ha | 238 ha | 581 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 272.3 ha | 112 ha | 444 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 369.2 ha | 135 ha | 470 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 514 ha | 460 ha | 630 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Hungary?
- Spinach — area harvested in Hungary was 630 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 4,019 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 112 ha in 2006.
- How does Hungary rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 29th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Hungary 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.