Spinach — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Spinach — Area harvested was 9,938 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 9,938 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 10,054 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,370 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,370 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,371 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 1,422 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 1,422 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,473 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 1,474 ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 1,525 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 1,525 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,575 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 1,626 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 1,677 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 1,728 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 1,751 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 1,796 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 2,030 ha | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 2,120 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 2,134 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 2,111 ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 2,280 ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 2,467 ha | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 2,642 ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 2,820 ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 2,860 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 2,848 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 2,910 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 3,255 ha | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 3,578 ha | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 3,785 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 4,044 ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 3,962 ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 4,173 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 4,437 ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 4,486 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 4,488 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,890 ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 5,090 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 5,220 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 5,306 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 5,714 ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 5,716 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,718 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,124 ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 6,595 ha | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 7,195 ha | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 7,509 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 7,858 ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 8,086 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 8,255 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 8,145 ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 8,163 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 8,164 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,167 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8,314 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 8,795 ha | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 8,818 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 9,332 ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 9,656 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 5,874 ha | -39.2% |
| 2021 | 10,054 ha | +71.2% |
| 2022 | 9,998 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 10,016 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 9,938 ha | -0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +71.2% | 5,874 ha | 10,054 ha |
| 2020 | -39.2% | 9,656 ha | 5,874 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,462 ha | 1,370 ha | 1,575 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,925 ha | 1,626 ha | 2,280 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,016 ha | 2,467 ha | 3,785 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,610 ha | 3,962 ha | 5,306 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,624 ha | 5,714 ha | 8,086 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,581 ha | 8,145 ha | 9,656 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,176 ha | 5,874 ha | 10,054 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 China 736,735 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 736,281 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 15,531 ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 43,680 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5,084 ha compare
- 4 Japan 18,355 ha compare
- 5 Kenya 11,842 ha compare
- 6 Malaysia 10,520 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 400 ha compare
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- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.7803 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Spinach — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 9,938 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 10,054 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,370 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd out of 8 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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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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.