Spinach — Yield in Italy
Italy: Spinach — Yield was 18,188 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — yield in Italy is 18,188 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Italy peaked at 18,188 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,437 kg/ha, in 1966.
Italy ranks 17th of 67 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,988 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,949 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 11,031 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 11,322 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 10,482 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1966 | 10,437 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 10,899 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 11,208 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 10,592 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 10,732 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 11,142 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 11,730 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 12,138 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 12,630 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 13,153 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 13,634 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 12,896 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 12,037 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 11,923 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 13,138 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 13,025 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 12,789 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 12,756 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 12,031 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 11,206 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1986 | 12,757 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1987 | 12,682 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 12,602 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 11,999 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 11,515 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 11,915 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 13,210 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1993 | 13,360 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 12,252 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 13,383 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 13,550 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 13,064 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 13,230 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 12,878 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 13,167 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 12,671 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 12,842 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 12,579 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 13,374 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 13,488 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 13,766 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 13,678 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 13,861 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 14,186 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 14,144 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 13,396 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 14,344 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 13,530 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 14,704 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 14,843 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 14,132 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 15,396 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 15,558 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 15,822 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 16,266 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 16,574 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 17,391 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 18,087 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 18,188 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 18,188 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Italy's 18,188 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11,891 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,878 kg/ha | 10,437 kg/ha | 11,322 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,201 kg/ha | 10,732 kg/ha | 13,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,499 kg/ha | 11,206 kg/ha | 13,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,836 kg/ha | 11,515 kg/ha | 13,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,361 kg/ha | 12,579 kg/ha | 14,186 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,587 kg/ha | 13,396 kg/ha | 15,822 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,301 kg/ha | 16,266 kg/ha | 18,188 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in Italy?
- Spinach — yield in Italy was 18,188 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 18,188 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,437 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Italy rank for spinach — yield?
- Italy ranks 17th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.