Spinach — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Spinach — Area harvested was 2,347 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in Northern Africa stood at 2,347 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 9,269 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2,067 ha, in 2016.
That places Northern Africa 20th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,680 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,260 ha | -15.7% |
| 1963 | 2,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,360 ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 3,180 ha | +34.7% |
| 1966 | 3,329 ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 3,619 ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 4,300 ha | +18.8% |
| 1969 | 3,800 ha | -11.6% |
| 1970 | 4,420 ha | +16.3% |
| 1971 | 3,680 ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 4,100 ha | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 4,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 3,980 ha | -9.5% |
| 1975 | 4,400 ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 5,005 ha | +13.8% |
| 1977 | 4,450 ha | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 4,489 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 4,649 ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 5,030 ha | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 5,351 ha | +6.4% |
| 1982 | 4,915 ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 5,320 ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 4,600 ha | -13.5% |
| 1985 | 5,400 ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 5,020 ha | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 4,920 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 5,510 ha | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 4,400 ha | -20.1% |
| 1990 | 5,020 ha | +14.1% |
| 1991 | 3,355 ha | -33.2% |
| 1992 | 3,061 ha | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 3,500 ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 3,850 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 4,069 ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 3,566 ha | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 3,765 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 3,590 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 3,381 ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 3,619 ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 3,402 ha | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 3,364 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 3,012 ha | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 3,951 ha | +31.2% |
| 2005 | 3,603 ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 7,511 ha | +108.5% |
| 2007 | 8,826 ha | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 9,269 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 4,663 ha | -49.7% |
| 2010 | 2,238 ha | -52.0% |
| 2011 | 2,337 ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 2,835 ha | +21.3% |
| 2013 | 2,717 ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 2,381 ha | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 2,824 ha | +18.6% |
| 2016 | 2,067 ha | -26.8% |
| 2017 | 2,275 ha | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 2,333 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 2,481 ha | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 2,640 ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 2,327 ha | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 2,097 ha | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 2,211 ha | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 2,347 ha | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,088 ha | 2,260 ha | 4,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,357 ha | 3,680 ha | 5,005 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,047 ha | 4,400 ha | 5,510 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,716 ha | 3,061 ha | 5,020 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,122 ha | 3,012 ha | 9,269 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,449 ha | 2,067 ha | 2,835 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,324 ha | 2,097 ha | 2,640 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Spinach — area harvested in Northern Africa was 2,347 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,269 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,067 ha in 2016.
- How does Northern Africa rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 20th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.