Spinach — Yield in Canada
Canada: Spinach — Yield was 9,531 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Yield in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — yield in Canada is 9,531 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Canada peaked at 11,681 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 4,469 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Canada 44th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,046 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,902 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 9,878 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 9,861 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 11,681 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1966 | 11,020 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 8,365 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1968 | 10,886 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1969 | 6,921 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1970 | 8,874 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1971 | 8,620 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 7,762 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 6,599 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1974 | 7,170 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 7,196 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 9,065 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1977 | 7,149 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1978 | 8,240 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1979 | 7,650 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 7,053 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 5,739 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1982 | 6,096 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 6,106 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 8,218 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1985 | 7,229 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1986 | 5,978 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1987 | 8,007 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1988 | 7,163 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1989 | 8,332 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1990 | 7,134 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1991 | 6,282 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1992 | 5,180 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1993 | 5,357 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 4,469 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 5,066 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1996 | 5,486 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 6,089 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 5,768 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 5,767 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 6,054 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 6,569 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 5,491 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2003 | 8,394 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 2004 | 7,098 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 6,302 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2006 | 5,881 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 7,165 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2008 | 5,351 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2009 | 7,560 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 2010 | 6,826 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 5,773 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 7,282 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2013 | 6,660 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 8,113 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2015 | 9,725 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2016 | 9,276 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 9,051 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 8,094 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 8,097 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8,953 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2021 | 9,662 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 9,215 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 9,179 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 9,531 kg/ha | +3.8% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 9,531 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,840 kg/ha | 6,921 kg/ha | 11,681 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,833 kg/ha | 6,599 kg/ha | 9,065 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,992 kg/ha | 5,739 kg/ha | 8,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,660 kg/ha | 4,469 kg/ha | 7,134 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,587 kg/ha | 5,351 kg/ha | 8,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,890 kg/ha | 5,773 kg/ha | 9,725 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,308 kg/ha | 8,953 kg/ha | 9,662 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in Canada?
- Spinach — yield in Canada was 9,531 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 11,681 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,469 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Canada rank for spinach — yield?
- Canada ranks 44th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — Yield. 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.