Spinach — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Spinach — Area harvested was 34,735 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 34,735 ha for spinach — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 36,014 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,846 ha, in 1962.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 6th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,335 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,846 ha | -11.3% |
| 1963 | 3,972 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 4,072 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 4,948 ha | +21.5% |
| 1966 | 5,093 ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 5,444 ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 6,090 ha | +11.9% |
| 1969 | 5,720 ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 6,541 ha | +14.4% |
| 1971 | 5,927 ha | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 6,291 ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 6,630 ha | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 6,641 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 7,130 ha | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 7,841 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 7,214 ha | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 7,237 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 8,759 ha | +21.0% |
| 1980 | 13,954 ha | +59.3% |
| 1981 | 14,299 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 13,827 ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 13,471 ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 13,426 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 15,225 ha | +13.4% |
| 1986 | 15,209 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 14,440 ha | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 15,610 ha | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 15,881 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 15,881 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 14,164 ha | -10.8% |
| 1992 | 15,084 ha | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 16,120 ha | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 18,130 ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 18,916 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 19,014 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 20,715 ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 19,601 ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 19,556 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 19,239 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 19,153 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 18,744 ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 20,329 ha | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 22,031 ha | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 22,022 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 26,577 ha | +20.7% |
| 2007 | 28,716 ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 29,884 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 25,262 ha | -15.5% |
| 2010 | 24,734 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 25,772 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 27,023 ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 26,914 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 32,269 ha | +19.9% |
| 2015 | 27,750 ha | -14.0% |
| 2016 | 28,869 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 30,131 ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 32,346 ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 33,373 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 27,756 ha | -16.8% |
| 2021 | 33,043 ha | +19.0% |
| 2022 | 33,681 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 36,014 ha | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 34,735 ha | -3.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +59.3% | 8,759 ha | 13,954 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,836 ha | 3,846 ha | 6,090 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,021 ha | 5,927 ha | 8,759 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,534 ha | 13,426 ha | 15,881 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,718 ha | 14,164 ha | 20,715 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,196 ha | 18,744 ha | 29,884 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,918 ha | 24,734 ha | 33,373 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,046 ha | 27,756 ha | 36,014 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 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
- 7 Bangladesh 9,860 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 7,391 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 0 ha compare
- 9 Greece 6,630 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying, annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 3.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 0.7194 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.8709 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate 2.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.6954 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate 0.0746 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate -0.615 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.2612 % change on previous year (2024)
- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.6745 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Spinach — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 34,735 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 36,014 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,846 ha in 1962.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 6th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.