Spinach — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Spinach — Yield was 11,891 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Yield in Portugal, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — yield in Portugal stood at 11,891 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 25.9% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Portugal peaked at 21,176 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 8,980 kg/ha, in 2020.
Portugal ranks 37th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 15,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 15,429 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 15,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,714 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 16,286 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 15,714 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 15,000 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 15,250 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 15,750 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 20,000 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1987 | 21,176 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 17,647 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1989 | 17,647 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 20,571 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1991 | 18,545 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1992 | 18,454 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 18,363 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 18,272 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 18,181 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 18,090 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 18,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 17,909 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 17,818 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 17,727 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 17,636 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 17,545 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 17,454 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 17,248 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 17,545 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 17,203 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 17,778 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 16,837 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 17,935 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 15,840 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2011 | 14,336 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 12,600 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2013 | 12,924 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 16,642 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2015 | 16,681 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 9,344 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 2017 | 12,123 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2018 | 15,796 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2019 | 14,200 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 8,980 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 2021 | 18,115 kg/ha | +101.7% |
| 2022 | 12,600 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 2023 | 9,446 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2024 | 11,891 kg/ha | +25.9% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 11,891 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 11,891 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11,891 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Yield in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +101.7% | 8,980 kg/ha | 18,115 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -44.0% | 16,681 kg/ha | 9,344 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -36.8% | 14,200 kg/ha | 8,980 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15,286 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 15,429 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 17,018 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 21,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,420 kg/ha | 17,818 kg/ha | 20,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,491 kg/ha | 16,837 kg/ha | 17,935 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,048 kg/ha | 9,344 kg/ha | 16,681 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,206 kg/ha | 8,980 kg/ha | 18,115 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in Portugal?
- Spinach — yield in Portugal was 11,891 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 21,176 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,980 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Portugal rank for spinach — yield?
- Portugal ranks 37th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.