Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 315,060 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 315,060 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Spain peaked at 408,541 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 277,510 ha, in 1961.
Spain ranks 25th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 277,510 ha | — |
| 1962 | 286,090 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 294,308 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 306,146 ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 304,455 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 301,179 ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 308,527 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 311,411 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 306,095 ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 328,228 ha | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 332,432 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 333,828 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 365,625 ha | +9.5% |
| 1974 | 387,234 ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 375,291 ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 367,877 ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 378,976 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 381,754 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 372,153 ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 358,760 ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 362,290 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 365,376 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 365,165 ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 385,891 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 383,751 ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 374,589 ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 378,312 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 395,676 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 408,426 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 408,541 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 388,138 ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 372,606 ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 353,880 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 351,701 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 326,498 ha | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 330,804 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 328,070 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 324,593 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 334,434 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 331,596 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 327,751 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 325,816 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 324,197 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 340,983 ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 335,883 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 323,419 ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 307,068 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 303,522 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 310,661 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 302,626 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 298,989 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 292,928 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 292,948 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 313,058 ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 312,793 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 326,542 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 330,134 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 313,100 ha | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 323,410 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 325,170 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 337,530 ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 313,290 ha | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 312,050 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 315,060 ha | +1.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 315,060 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 37.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Spain's 315,060 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 10.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 299,525 ha | 277,510 ha | 311,411 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 362,340 ha | 328,228 ha | 387,234 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 377,824 ha | 358,760 ha | 408,426 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 351,926 ha | 324,593 ha | 408,541 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 323,090 ha | 303,522 ha | 340,983 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 310,653 ha | 292,928 ha | 330,134 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 320,620 ha | 312,050 ha | 337,530 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Spain?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Spain was 315,060 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 408,541 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 277,510 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.