Spinach — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Spinach — Area harvested was 90 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in United Arab Emirates stood at 90 ha.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in United Arab Emirates peaked at 3,072 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places United Arab Emirates 51st out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 22 ha | — |
| 1967 | 21 ha | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 20 ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 22 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 21 ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 20 ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 27 ha | +35.0% |
| 1975 | 30 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 60 ha | +100.0% |
| 1977 | 101 ha | +68.3% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | +98.0% |
| 1979 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 57 ha | -71.5% |
| 1981 | 76 ha | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 108 ha | +42.1% |
| 1983 | 175 ha | +62.0% |
| 1984 | 148 ha | -15.4% |
| 1985 | 169 ha | +14.2% |
| 1986 | 125 ha | -26.0% |
| 1987 | 159 ha | +27.2% |
| 1988 | 135 ha | -15.1% |
| 1989 | 155 ha | +14.8% |
| 1990 | 200 ha | +29.0% |
| 1991 | 2,102 ha | +951.0% |
| 1992 | 2,599 ha | +23.6% |
| 1993 | 3,072 ha | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 2,232 ha | -27.3% |
| 1995 | 1,810 ha | -18.9% |
| 1996 | 996 ha | -45.0% |
| 1997 | 968 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 302 ha | -68.8% |
| 1999 | 963 ha | +218.9% |
| 2000 | 3,052 ha | +216.9% |
| 2001 | 47 ha | -98.5% |
| 2002 | 38 ha | -19.1% |
| 2003 | 36 ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 40 ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 45 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 102 ha | +126.7% |
| 2009 | 44 ha | -56.9% |
| 2010 | 99 ha | +125.0% |
| 2011 | 107 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 118 ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 117 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 85 ha | -27.4% |
| 2015 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 96 ha | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 89 ha | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 90 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 91 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 88 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 90 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 89 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 90 ha | +1.1% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 90 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 56% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 90 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 183.5 ha, 49% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +951.0% | 200 ha | 2,102 ha |
| 1999 | +218.9% | 302 ha | 963 ha |
| 2000 | +216.9% | 963 ha | 3,052 ha |
| 2008 | +126.7% | 45 ha | 102 ha |
| 2010 | +125.0% | 44 ha | 99 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.44 ha | 0 ha | 22 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 69.9 ha | 20 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 130.7 ha | 57 ha | 175 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,524 ha | 200 ha | 3,072 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 347.9 ha | 35 ha | 3,052 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.7 ha | 85 ha | 118 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.4 ha | 88 ha | 90 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in United Arab Emirates?
- Spinach — area harvested in United Arab Emirates was 90 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 3,072 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for spinach — area harvested?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 51st out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.