Spinach — Yield in Israel
Israel: Spinach — Yield was 1,507 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 1,507 kg/ha for spinach — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 90.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Israel peaked at 36,667 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1,507 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Israel 66th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,586 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1963 | 12,903 kg/ha | -53.2% |
| 1964 | 10,889 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1965 | 15,071 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 1966 | 31,250 kg/ha | +107.3% |
| 1967 | 17,000 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 1968 | 20,000 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1969 | 25,714 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1970 | 16,667 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 1971 | 32,857 kg/ha | +97.1% |
| 1972 | 30,000 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 36,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 36,667 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 32,500 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1977 | 30,000 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1978 | 30,263 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 30,357 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 30,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 29,630 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 30,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 30,278 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 29,667 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 30,357 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 30,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 30,128 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 30,286 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 29,483 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 30,200 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 30,167 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 30,000 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 30,014 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 30,091 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 29,825 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 29,512 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 29,360 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 29,839 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 27,357 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 23,125 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2004 | 22,456 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 23,857 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 24,142 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 25,416 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 26,222 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 27,867 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 22,500 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2011 | 24,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 22,800 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 21,200 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 15,917 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2015 | 10,417 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 2016 | 6,492 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 2017 | 5,535 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2018 | 4,458 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2019 | 3,136 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2020 | 1,974 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 2021 | 1,992 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,627 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2023 | 1,532 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 1,507 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 1,507 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Israel's 1,507 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 13,837 kg/ha, 11% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Yield in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +107.3% | 15,071 kg/ha | 31,250 kg/ha |
| 1971 | +97.1% | 16,667 kg/ha | 32,857 kg/ha |
| 1963 | -53.2% | 27,586 kg/ha | 12,903 kg/ha |
| 1967 | -45.6% | 31,250 kg/ha | 17,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,363 kg/ha | 10,889 kg/ha | 31,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,531 kg/ha | 16,667 kg/ha | 36,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,035 kg/ha | 29,630 kg/ha | 30,357 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,929 kg/ha | 29,483 kg/ha | 30,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,964 kg/ha | 22,456 kg/ha | 29,839 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,645 kg/ha | 3,136 kg/ha | 24,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,726 kg/ha | 1,507 kg/ha | 1,992 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 63 Antigua and Barbuda 2,284 kg/ha compare
- 64 Lithuania 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 65 Philippines 1,993 kg/ha compare
- 67 Slovakia 1,238 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in Israel?
- Spinach — yield in Israel was 1,507 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 36,667 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,507 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Israel rank for spinach — yield?
- Israel ranks 66th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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.