Sugar beet — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 45,690 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — area harvested in Spain is 45,690 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 31.0% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Spain peaked at 292,900 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 24,780 ha, in 2022.
Spain ranks 21st of 68 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 158,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 166,020 ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 116,405 ha | -29.9% |
| 1964 | 144,190 ha | +23.9% |
| 1965 | 145,875 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 157,200 ha | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 171,398 ha | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 179,700 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 181,800 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 221,000 ha | +21.6% |
| 1971 | 199,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 207,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 189,800 ha | -8.3% |
| 1974 | 141,800 ha | -25.3% |
| 1975 | 200,200 ha | +41.2% |
| 1976 | 292,900 ha | +46.3% |
| 1977 | 252,800 ha | -13.7% |
| 1978 | 235,200 ha | -7.0% |
| 1979 | 165,600 ha | -29.6% |
| 1980 | 183,300 ha | +10.7% |
| 1981 | 217,800 ha | +18.8% |
| 1982 | 259,300 ha | +19.1% |
| 1983 | 249,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 220,127 ha | -11.6% |
| 1985 | 180,400 ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 196,430 ha | +8.9% |
| 1987 | 179,412 ha | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 191,400 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 174,200 ha | -9.0% |
| 1990 | 168,600 ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 165,300 ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 162,900 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 180,184 ha | +10.6% |
| 1994 | 183,390 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 172,465 ha | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 157,100 ha | -8.9% |
| 1997 | 157,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 149,489 ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 134,900 ha | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 125,255 ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 106,940 ha | -14.6% |
| 2002 | 113,764 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 99,834 ha | -12.2% |
| 2004 | 103,109 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 102,104 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 85,516 ha | -16.2% |
| 2007 | 68,171 ha | -20.3% |
| 2008 | 52,300 ha | -23.3% |
| 2009 | 49,813 ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 43,382 ha | -12.9% |
| 2011 | 44,931 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 38,952 ha | -13.3% |
| 2013 | 31,400 ha | -19.4% |
| 2014 | 38,414 ha | +22.3% |
| 2015 | 37,605 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 32,874 ha | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 36,671 ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 35,300 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 30,180 ha | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 27,620 ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 29,500 ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 24,780 ha | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 34,870 ha | +40.7% |
| 2024 | 45,690 ha | +31.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 45,690 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,080 ha, 2.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Spain's 45,690 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 2.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 157,899 ha | 116,405 ha | 181,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 210,530 ha | 141,800 ha | 292,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 205,137 ha | 174,200 ha | 259,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 163,193 ha | 134,900 ha | 183,390 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 90,681 ha | 49,813 ha | 125,255 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,971 ha | 30,180 ha | 44,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,492 ha | 24,780 ha | 45,690 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Spain?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Spain was 45,690 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 292,900 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,780 ha in 2022.
- How does Spain rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 21st out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar beet — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.