Spinach — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Spinach — Area harvested was 2,660 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Mexico is 2,660 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 3,053 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 17th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 323 ha | — |
| 1981 | 333 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 690 ha | +107.2% |
| 1983 | 453 ha | -34.3% |
| 1984 | 885 ha | +95.4% |
| 1985 | 546 ha | -38.3% |
| 1986 | 877 ha | +60.6% |
| 1987 | 1,187 ha | +35.3% |
| 1988 | 1,258 ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 974 ha | -22.6% |
| 1990 | 979 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 1,206 ha | +23.2% |
| 1992 | 951 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 1,064 ha | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 1,159 ha | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 1,086 ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 1,192 ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 1,345 ha | +12.8% |
| 1998 | 1,281 ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 1,756 ha | +37.1% |
| 2000 | 1,700 ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 2,151 ha | +26.5% |
| 2002 | 1,829 ha | -15.0% |
| 2003 | 1,450 ha | -20.7% |
| 2004 | 1,455 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,468 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 1,270 ha | -13.5% |
| 2007 | 1,061 ha | -16.5% |
| 2008 | 1,255 ha | +18.3% |
| 2009 | 1,039 ha | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 1,178 ha | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 1,746 ha | +48.2% |
| 2012 | 1,784 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1,791 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,992 ha | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 2,769 ha | +39.0% |
| 2016 | 3,053 ha | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 2,524 ha | -17.3% |
| 2018 | 2,436 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 2,447 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,853 ha | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 2,836 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,854 ha | -34.6% |
| 2023 | 2,790 ha | +50.5% |
| 2024 | 2,660 ha | -4.7% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 2,660 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 684.5 ha, 3.9× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 2,660 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 684.5 ha, 3.9× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 752.6 ha | 323 ha | 1,258 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,202 ha | 951 ha | 1,756 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,468 ha | 1,039 ha | 2,151 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,172 ha | 1,178 ha | 3,053 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,599 ha | 1,854 ha | 2,853 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Mexico?
- Spinach — area harvested in Mexico was 2,660 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 3,053 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 17th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico 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.