True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested was 50 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 50 ha for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 73.7% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in Spain peaked at 16,507 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1 ha, in 2012.
That places Spain 22nd out of 33 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,065 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,795 ha | +24.5% |
| 1963 | 6,625 ha | -24.7% |
| 1964 | 3,775 ha | -43.0% |
| 1965 | 1,648 ha | -56.3% |
| 1966 | 1,074 ha | -34.8% |
| 1967 | 722 ha | -32.8% |
| 1968 | 314 ha | -56.5% |
| 1969 | 294 ha | -6.4% |
| 1970 | 261 ha | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 92 ha | -64.8% |
| 1972 | 85 ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 92 ha | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 1,327 ha | +1342.4% |
| 1975 | 103 ha | -92.2% |
| 1976 | 139 ha | +35.0% |
| 1977 | 180 ha | +29.5% |
| 1978 | 304 ha | +68.9% |
| 1979 | 134 ha | -55.9% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | -25.4% |
| 1981 | 408 ha | +308.0% |
| 1982 | 251 ha | -38.5% |
| 1983 | 108 ha | -57.0% |
| 1984 | 182 ha | +68.5% |
| 1985 | 365 ha | +100.5% |
| 1986 | 1,348 ha | +269.3% |
| 1987 | 473 ha | -64.9% |
| 1988 | 129 ha | -72.7% |
| 1989 | 111 ha | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 105 ha | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 101 ha | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 1,050 ha | +939.6% |
| 1993 | 817 ha | -22.2% |
| 1994 | 577 ha | -29.4% |
| 1995 | 1,285 ha | +122.7% |
| 1996 | 1,499 ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 4,157 ha | +177.3% |
| 1998 | 16,507 ha | +297.1% |
| 1999 | 12,880 ha | -22.0% |
| 2000 | 5,264 ha | -59.1% |
| 2001 | 857 ha | -83.7% |
| 2002 | 634 ha | -26.0% |
| 2003 | 721 ha | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 684 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 732 ha | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 5 ha | -99.3% |
| 2007 | 10 ha | +100.0% |
| 2008 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2 ha | -80.0% |
| 2011 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 ha | -50.0% |
| 2013 | 11 ha | +1000.0% |
| 2014 | 46 ha | +318.2% |
| 2015 | 75 ha | +63.0% |
| 2016 | 84 ha | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 149 ha | +77.4% |
| 2018 | 140 ha | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 170 ha | +21.4% |
| 2020 | 570 ha | +235.3% |
| 2021 | 460 ha | -19.3% |
| 2022 | 140 ha | -69.6% |
| 2023 | 190 ha | +35.7% |
| 2024 | 50 ha | -73.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 50 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 140 ha, 36% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Spain's 50 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 110 ha, 45% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where True hemp, raw or retted — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +1342.4% | 92 ha | 1,327 ha |
| 2013 | +1000.0% | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 1992 | +939.6% | 101 ha | 1,050 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,368 ha | 294 ha | 8,795 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 271.7 ha | 85 ha | 1,327 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 347.5 ha | 100 ha | 1,348 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,898 ha | 101 ha | 16,507 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 892.7 ha | 5 ha | 5,264 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68 ha | 1 ha | 170 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 282 ha | 50 ha | 570 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 true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in Spain?
- True hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in Spain was 50 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 16,507 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 ha in 2012.
- How does Spain rank for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 22nd out of 33 countries with data for 2024.
- Is true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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 True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested. 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.