Spinach — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Spinach — Area harvested was 5,630 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in Italy stood at 5,630 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Italy peaked at 9,823 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 4,863 ha, in 2012.
That places Italy 10th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,800 ha | -8.2% |
| 1963 | 9,800 ha | +25.6% |
| 1964 | 8,850 ha | -9.7% |
| 1965 | 9,345 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 9,179 ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 9,432 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 9,556 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 9,823 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 9,467 ha | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 9,128 ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 8,602 ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 8,774 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 8,670 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 8,246 ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 8,308 ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 8,750 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 8,959 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 8,454 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 7,963 ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 7,713 ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 7,422 ha | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 7,544 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 7,612 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 7,223 ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 7,569 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 7,635 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 7,183 ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 6,933 ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 7,573 ha | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 7,473 ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 7,995 ha | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 8,308 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 8,554 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 7,959 ha | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 8,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 8,175 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 7,102 ha | -13.1% |
| 1999 | 6,779 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 6,909 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 7,089 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 6,732 ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 6,810 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 7,133 ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 7,367 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 7,021 ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 7,049 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 7,200 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 6,305 ha | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 6,406 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 6,152 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 4,863 ha | -21.0% |
| 2013 | 6,660 ha | +37.0% |
| 2014 | 6,574 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 6,224 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 6,502 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 5,974 ha | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 6,590 ha | +10.3% |
| 2019 | 6,290 ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 6,140 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 6,080 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 5,570 ha | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 5,720 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 5,630 ha | -1.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 5,630 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 35.2× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Italy's 5,630 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 13.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +37.0% | 4,863 ha | 6,660 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,143 ha | 7,800 ha | 9,823 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,736 ha | 8,246 ha | 9,467 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,480 ha | 6,933 ha | 7,963 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,792 ha | 6,779 ha | 8,554 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,962 ha | 6,305 ha | 7,367 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,224 ha | 4,863 ha | 6,660 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,828 ha | 5,570 ha | 6,140 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Italy?
- Spinach — area harvested in Italy was 5,630 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 9,823 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,863 ha in 2012.
- How does Italy rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 10th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.