Spinach — Yield in Germany
Germany: Spinach — Yield was 18,994 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Yield in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 18,994 kg/ha for spinach — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.2% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Germany peaked at 22,527 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 10,139 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places Germany 14th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,483 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,697 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 10,978 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 11,755 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 11,286 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 12,358 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 12,757 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 12,874 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 12,420 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 12,463 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 10,139 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1972 | 13,120 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1973 | 12,953 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 13,770 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 13,034 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 10,748 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1977 | 12,623 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1978 | 12,455 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 13,230 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 12,935 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 13,448 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 13,451 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 13,263 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 12,976 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 13,302 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 12,389 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 13,443 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 13,188 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 14,856 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 13,046 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1991 | 13,458 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 12,259 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 16,722 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1994 | 15,139 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 15,362 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 17,142 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 15,907 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 15,887 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 17,233 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 15,698 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2001 | 16,866 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 16,929 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 16,557 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 17,244 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 19,379 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 16,522 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 17,141 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 17,708 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 17,148 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 15,730 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 18,140 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2012 | 22,527 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2013 | 17,619 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2014 | 20,283 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2015 | 19,046 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 19,095 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 19,172 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 19,023 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 19,665 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 21,025 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 20,268 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 20,371 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 17,553 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 18,994 kg/ha | +8.2% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 18,994 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Germany's 18,994 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11,891 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,734 kg/ha | 10,483 kg/ha | 12,874 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,453 kg/ha | 10,139 kg/ha | 13,770 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,325 kg/ha | 12,389 kg/ha | 14,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,216 kg/ha | 12,259 kg/ha | 17,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,119 kg/ha | 15,698 kg/ha | 19,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,030 kg/ha | 15,730 kg/ha | 22,527 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,642 kg/ha | 17,553 kg/ha | 21,025 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in Germany?
- Spinach — yield in Germany was 18,994 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 22,527 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,139 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Germany rank for spinach — yield?
- Germany ranks 14th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.