Sugar beet — Yield in Spain
Spain: Sugar beet — Yield was 77,090 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — yield in Spain is 77,090 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Spain peaked at 96,926 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 21,118 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Spain 6th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,445 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,118 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1963 | 23,221 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 23,081 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 25,117 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1966 | 25,445 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 24,989 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 25,281 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 27,393 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1970 | 24,502 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1971 | 32,221 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1972 | 25,179 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1973 | 28,983 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1974 | 28,131 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 31,653 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 34,712 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 32,860 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 35,251 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 30,942 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1980 | 37,692 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1981 | 36,460 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 35,037 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 38,630 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1984 | 36,774 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 36,691 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 39,434 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 44,239 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1988 | 46,635 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 42,095 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 43,660 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 40,405 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 44,405 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 51,228 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1994 | 45,584 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 43,129 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 52,425 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1997 | 54,126 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 59,310 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1999 | 61,142 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 63,308 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 63,167 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 72,055 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 63,757 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 69,586 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 71,408 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 68,140 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 72,024 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 76,243 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 84,826 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 81,474 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 93,222 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 88,833 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 78,621 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 96,926 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2015 | 95,868 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 91,694 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 89,792 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 81,329 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 91,210 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 88,082 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 84,959 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 80,752 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 82,886 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 77,090 kg/ha | -7.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 77,090 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Spain's 77,090 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,788 kg/ha | 21,118 kg/ha | 27,445 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,443 kg/ha | 24,502 kg/ha | 35,251 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,369 kg/ha | 35,037 kg/ha | 46,635 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,541 kg/ha | 40,405 kg/ha | 61,142 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,452 kg/ha | 63,167 kg/ha | 84,826 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,897 kg/ha | 78,621 kg/ha | 96,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,754 kg/ha | 77,090 kg/ha | 88,082 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 3 Austria 79,881 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 60,025 kg/ha compare
- 4 France 79,183 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 59,706 kg/ha compare
- 5 Canada 78,956 kg/ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 20,747 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,198 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 76,344 kg/ha compare
- 8 Belgium 75,638 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 75,210 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Spain?
- Sugar beet — yield in Spain was 77,090 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 96,926 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,118 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Spain rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Spain ranks 6th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.