Spinach — Area harvested in World
World: Spinach — Area harvested was 935,777 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in World stood at 935,777 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in World peaked at 943,797 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 134,909 ha, in 1984.
World ranks 1st of 25 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 333,508 ha | — |
| 1962 | 261,784 ha | -21.5% |
| 1963 | 242,383 ha | -7.4% |
| 1964 | 224,264 ha | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 222,919 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 222,389 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 224,461 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 213,046 ha | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 215,089 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 168,019 ha | -21.9% |
| 1971 | 177,807 ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 174,400 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 183,904 ha | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 178,365 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 182,187 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 182,979 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 197,319 ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 210,849 ha | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 212,589 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 216,160 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 235,835 ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 270,464 ha | +14.7% |
| 1983 | 267,923 ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 134,909 ha | -49.6% |
| 1985 | 287,320 ha | +113.0% |
| 1986 | 291,882 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 293,470 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 301,117 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 327,594 ha | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 319,360 ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 335,959 ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 340,068 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 387,203 ha | +13.9% |
| 1994 | 443,944 ha | +14.7% |
| 1995 | 464,216 ha | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 526,942 ha | +13.5% |
| 1997 | 549,212 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 568,728 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 601,612 ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 671,567 ha | +11.6% |
| 2001 | 707,335 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 767,635 ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 791,797 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 774,675 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 800,857 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 824,074 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 812,785 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 815,572 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 820,434 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 845,275 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 863,127 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 884,010 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 917,867 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 943,553 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 895,543 ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 906,797 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 915,867 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 920,821 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 927,112 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 916,321 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 927,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 943,797 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 942,459 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 935,777 ha | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in World 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +113.0% | 134,909 ha | 287,320 ha |
| 1984 | -49.6% | 267,923 ha | 134,909 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 239,983 ha | 213,046 ha | 333,508 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 186,842 ha | 168,019 ha | 212,589 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 262,667 ha | 134,909 ha | 327,594 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 453,724 ha | 319,360 ha | 601,612 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 778,673 ha | 671,567 ha | 824,074 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 901,997 ha | 845,275 ha | 943,553 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 933,091 ha | 916,321 ha | 943,797 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in World?
- Spinach — area harvested in World was 935,777 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 943,797 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 134,909 ha in 1984.
- How does World rank for spinach — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.