Sugar cane — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 19 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 19 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2017.
That represents a change of up 11.8% on the previous year and up 90.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Spain peaked at 5,500 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2008.
Spain ranks 92nd of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,260 ha | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 5,036 ha | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 5,180 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 5,089 ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 5,382 ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 5,465 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 5,475 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 5,447 ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 5,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 4,900 ha | -10.9% |
| 1973 | 4,600 ha | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 4,200 ha | -8.7% |
| 1975 | 3,700 ha | -11.9% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 4,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 4,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 4,569 ha | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 4,600 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 4,300 ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 4,100 ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 3,800 ha | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,600 ha | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 3,200 ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 2,685 ha | -16.1% |
| 1988 | 2,411 ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 2,149 ha | -10.9% |
| 1990 | 2,143 ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 2,104 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 2,106 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,964 ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 1,639 ha | -16.5% |
| 1995 | 1,406 ha | -14.2% |
| 1996 | 1,149 ha | -18.3% |
| 1997 | 1,209 ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 1,271 ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 1,300 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 1,068 ha | -17.8% |
| 2001 | 967 ha | -9.5% |
| 2002 | 882 ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 1,100 ha | +24.7% |
| 2004 | 1,095 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 614 ha | -43.9% |
| 2006 | 292 ha | -52.4% |
| 2007 | 10 ha | -96.6% |
| 2008 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2009 | 3 ha | — |
| 2010 | 5 ha | +66.7% |
| 2011 | 2 ha | -60.0% |
| 2012 | 6 ha | +200.0% |
| 2013 | 8 ha | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 6 ha | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 7 ha | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 17 ha | +142.9% |
| 2017 | 19 ha | +11.8% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 19 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,000 ha, 1% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +200.0% | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | +142.9% | 7 ha | 17 ha |
| 2008 | -100.0% | 10 ha | 0 ha |
| 2007 | -96.6% | 292 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | +66.7% | 3 ha | 5 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,304 ha | 5,036 ha | 5,475 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,547 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,464 ha | 2,149 ha | 4,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,629 ha | 1,149 ha | 2,143 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 603.1 ha | 0 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.75 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha | 8 |
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 cane — area harvested in Spain?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Spain was 19 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 5,500 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2008.
- How does Spain rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 92nd out of 103 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.0%. 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 cane — 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.