Vetches — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Vetches — Area harvested was 127,005 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vetches — area harvested in Spain is 127,005 ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 35.1% on the previous year and up 267.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Spain peaked at 332,100 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 22,500 ha, in 2008.
Spain ranks 3rd of 46 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,406 ha | 71,974 ha | 84,581 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,900 ha | 41,200 ha | 79,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,916 ha | 35,528 ha | 43,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 143,125 ha | 38,854 ha | 332,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 109,002 ha | 22,500 ha | 168,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 91,920 ha | 48,013 ha | 127,005 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 1 USSR 602,000 ha compare
- 2 Ethiopia 139,813 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 78,047 ha compare
- 5 Ethiopia PDR 75,750 ha compare
- 6 Australia 36,895 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 36,895 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture share gdp 2.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 19.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 9.62 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 51.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 421,320 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in Spain?
- Vetches — area harvested in Spain was 127,005 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 332,100 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,500 ha in 2008.
- How does Spain rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 3rd out of 46 countries with data for 2017.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 267.2%. 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 Vetches — 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.