Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Spain
Spain: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 77,090 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — 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 crops primary — 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 crops primary — yield in Spain peaked at 96,918 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 22,437 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Spain 29th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,481 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,437 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1963 | 25,099 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1964 | 24,570 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 27,152 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1966 | 27,254 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 26,614 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 26,731 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 29,042 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 25,729 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1971 | 33,521 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1972 | 26,213 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1973 | 30,007 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1974 | 29,520 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 32,418 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 35,187 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 33,484 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 35,831 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 31,974 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 38,632 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1981 | 36,821 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 35,532 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 38,995 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 37,226 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 37,402 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 39,924 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 44,748 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1988 | 47,051 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 42,586 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 44,114 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 40,884 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 44,853 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1993 | 51,504 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1994 | 45,929 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1995 | 43,360 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 52,368 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1997 | 54,184 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 59,543 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1999 | 61,468 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 63,614 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 63,397 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 72,186 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2003 | 63,888 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 69,496 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 71,404 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 68,099 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 72,021 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 76,243 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 84,824 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 81,470 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 93,220 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 88,827 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 78,613 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 96,918 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2015 | 95,857 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 91,662 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 89,775 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 60,128 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (42 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 | 26,375 kg/ha | 22,437 kg/ha | 29,042 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,388 kg/ha | 25,729 kg/ha | 35,831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,892 kg/ha | 35,532 kg/ha | 47,051 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,821 kg/ha | 40,884 kg/ha | 61,468 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,517 kg/ha | 63,397 kg/ha | 84,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,888 kg/ha | 78,613 kg/ha | 96,918 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,754 kg/ha | 77,090 kg/ha | 88,082 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 26 Honduras 78,808 kg/ha compare
- 27 China, mainland 77,369 kg/ha compare
- 27 Caribbean 38,743 kg/ha compare
- 28 China 77,317 kg/ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 7,078 kg/ha compare
- 30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 76,344 kg/ha compare
- 31 Belgium 75,638 kg/ha compare
- 32 Brazil 75,579 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 crops primary — yield in Spain?
- Sugar crops primary — 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 crops primary — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 96,918 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,437 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Spain rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Spain ranks 29th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 Crops Primary — Yield. 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.