Spinach — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Spinach — Area harvested was 129 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in Israel stood at 129 ha.
The figure is down 16.2% on the previous year and up 975.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Israel peaked at 184 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2012.
Israel ranks 47th of 69 countries on this measure, 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35 ha | — |
| 1962 | 29 ha | -17.1% |
| 1963 | 62 ha | +113.8% |
| 1964 | 63 ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 56 ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 40 ha | -28.6% |
| 1967 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 45 ha | -10.0% |
| 1969 | 35 ha | -22.2% |
| 1970 | 60 ha | +71.4% |
| 1971 | 35 ha | -41.7% |
| 1972 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 25 ha | -37.5% |
| 1975 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 38 ha | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 28 ha | -26.3% |
| 1980 | 25 ha | -10.7% |
| 1981 | 27 ha | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 30 ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 28 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 36 ha | +28.6% |
| 1985 | 30 ha | -16.7% |
| 1986 | 28 ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 34 ha | +21.4% |
| 1988 | 39 ha | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 28 ha | -28.2% |
| 1990 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 33 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 50 ha | +51.5% |
| 1994 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 48 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 55 ha | +14.6% |
| 1997 | 57 ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 60 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 61 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 50 ha | -18.0% |
| 2001 | 56 ha | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 70 ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 81 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 78 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 81 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 78 ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 18 ha | -76.9% |
| 2009 | 15 ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 6 ha | -60.0% |
| 2011 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5 ha | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12 ha | +140.0% |
| 2015 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 56 ha | +366.7% |
| 2017 | 48 ha | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 48 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 132 ha | +175.0% |
| 2020 | 147 ha | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 123 ha | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 184 ha | +49.6% |
| 2023 | 154 ha | -16.3% |
| 2024 | 129 ha | -16.2% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 129 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 81% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Israel's 129 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 183.5 ha, 70% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +366.7% | 12 ha | 56 ha |
| 2019 | +175.0% | 48 ha | 132 ha |
| 2014 | +140.0% | 5 ha | 12 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.11 ha | 29 ha | 63 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37.1 ha | 25 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.5 ha | 25 ha | 39 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47.3 ha | 29 ha | 61 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.7 ha | 15 ha | 81 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33 ha | 5 ha | 132 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 147.4 ha | 123 ha | 184 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Israel?
- Spinach — area harvested in Israel was 129 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 184 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2012.
- How does Israel rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 47th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 975.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.