Spinach — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Spinach — Yield was 6,828 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 6,828 kg/ha for spinach — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 10,283 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,458 kg/ha, in 1989.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,701 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,778 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 4,684 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 4,761 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 4,671 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 4,742 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 4,656 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 4,656 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,635 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 4,563 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 4,490 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 4,479 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 4,520 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 4,528 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 4,609 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 4,679 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 4,651 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 4,723 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 4,680 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 4,775 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 4,850 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 4,750 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 4,797 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 4,833 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 4,885 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 4,770 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 4,642 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 4,658 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 4,458 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 4,593 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 4,733 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 4,759 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 4,819 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 4,787 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 5,013 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 4,810 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 4,958 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 4,853 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 4,824 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 4,660 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 4,837 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 4,841 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 5,018 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 4,850 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 4,940 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 5,192 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 5,214 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 5,711 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 5,418 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 5,598 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 5,412 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 5,378 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 5,379 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,504 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 5,700 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 5,856 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 7,627 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2018 | 6,064 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2019 | 6,069 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 10,283 kg/ha | +69.4% |
| 2021 | 6,120 kg/ha | -40.5% |
| 2022 | 6,290 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 6,428 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 6,828 kg/ha | +6.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +69.4% | 6,069 kg/ha | 10,283 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -40.5% | 10,283 kg/ha | 6,120 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +30.2% | 5,856 kg/ha | 7,627 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,698 kg/ha | 4,635 kg/ha | 4,778 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,592 kg/ha | 4,479 kg/ha | 4,723 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,742 kg/ha | 4,458 kg/ha | 4,885 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,815 kg/ha | 4,593 kg/ha | 5,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,068 kg/ha | 4,660 kg/ha | 5,711 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,859 kg/ha | 5,378 kg/ha | 7,627 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,190 kg/ha | 6,120 kg/ha | 10,283 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 28,184 kg/ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 15,274 kg/ha compare
- 6 China, Hong Kong SAR 28,170 kg/ha compare
- 6 Polynesia 12,012 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Arab Emirates 27,683 kg/ha compare
- 8 Austria 23,672 kg/ha compare
- 9 Hungary 21,667 kg/ha compare
- 10 Singapore 20,636 kg/ha compare
- 10 Caribbean 16,073 kg/ha compare
- 11 Palestine 20,608 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Spinach — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 6,828 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 10,283 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,458 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for spinach — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 8th out of 8 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.