Spinach — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Spinach — Area harvested was 460 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Portugal is 460 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 17.9% on the previous year and down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 990 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 35th of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Portugal, 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 | 800 ha | — |
| 1978 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 875 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 917 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 813 ha | -11.3% |
| 1993 | 762 ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 821 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 822 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 774 ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 800 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 797 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 795 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 807 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 812 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 816 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 807 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 826 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 817 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 872 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 900 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 882 ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 920 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 795 ha | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 550 ha | -30.8% |
| 2012 | 744 ha | +35.3% |
| 2013 | 635 ha | -14.7% |
| 2014 | 723 ha | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 595 ha | -17.7% |
| 2016 | 611 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 536 ha | -12.3% |
| 2018 | 440 ha | -17.9% |
| 2019 | 550 ha | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 990 ha | +80.0% |
| 2021 | 870 ha | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 500 ha | -42.5% |
| 2023 | 560 ha | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 460 ha | -17.9% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 460 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 2.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 460 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +80.0% | 550 ha | 990 ha |
| 2022 | -42.5% | 870 ha | 500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 220 ha | 0 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 775 ha | 700 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 817.6 ha | 762 ha | 917 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 845.9 ha | 807 ha | 920 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 617.9 ha | 440 ha | 795 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 676 ha | 460 ha | 990 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Portugal?
- Spinach — area harvested in Portugal was 460 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 990 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 35th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.