Spinach — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Spinach — Area harvested was 7,391 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 7,391 ha for spinach — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 8,999 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Pakistan 8th out of 69 countries 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 Pakistan, 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 | 4,095 ha | — |
| 1981 | 4,238 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 4,278 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 3,379 ha | -21.0% |
| 1984 | 3,827 ha | +13.3% |
| 1985 | 4,498 ha | +17.5% |
| 1986 | 4,853 ha | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 4,022 ha | -17.1% |
| 1988 | 4,403 ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 5,361 ha | +21.8% |
| 1990 | 5,162 ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 4,899 ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 5,281 ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 5,675 ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 6,048 ha | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 6,700 ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 7,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 7,244 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 7,440 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 7,351 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 6,979 ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 7,166 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 7,145 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 7,363 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 7,706 ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 7,620 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 7,136 ha | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 6,863 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 6,770 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 7,884 ha | +16.5% |
| 2010 | 7,847 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 8,167 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 8,540 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 8,317 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 8,635 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 8,610 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 8,698 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 8,911 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 8,820 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 8,999 ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 6,420 ha | -28.7% |
| 2021 | 6,745 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 6,846 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 7,866 ha | +14.9% |
| 2024 | 7,391 ha | -6.0% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 7,391 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 616 ha, 12.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 7,391 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 183.5 ha, 40.3× the median. (12 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 | 4,295 ha | 3,379 ha | 5,361 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,280 ha | 4,899 ha | 7,440 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,263 ha | 6,770 ha | 7,884 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,554 ha | 7,847 ha | 8,999 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,054 ha | 6,420 ha | 7,866 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Spinach — area harvested in Pakistan was 7,391 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 8,999 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Pakistan rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 8th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.