Wheat — Yield in Spain
Spain: Wheat — Yield was 3,654 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Spain stood at 3,654 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 76.7% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Spain peaked at 4,253 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 883.7 kg/ha, in 1961.
Spain ranks 51st of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 883.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,131 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1963 | 1,146 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 960.9 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1965 | 1,108 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1966 | 1,165 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 1,326 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1968 | 1,340 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 1,227 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1970 | 1,081 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1971 | 1,491 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 1972 | 1,272 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1973 | 1,258 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 1,433 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 1,617 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 1,600 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 1,497 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 1,746 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 1,600 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1980 | 2,238 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 1981 | 1,293 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1982 | 1,657 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1983 | 1,639 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 2,625 kg/ha | +60.1% |
| 1985 | 2,608 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 2,078 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1987 | 2,607 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1988 | 2,785 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 2,360 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1990 | 2,379 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 2,459 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 1,943 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1993 | 2,449 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1994 | 2,184 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1995 | 1,476 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1996 | 3,002 kg/ha | +103.3% |
| 1997 | 2,250 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1998 | 2,842 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1999 | 2,099 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2000 | 3,100 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 2001 | 2,300 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2002 | 2,835 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2003 | 2,924 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 3,263 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 1,771 kg/ha | -45.7% |
| 2006 | 2,876 kg/ha | +62.4% |
| 2007 | 3,569 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2008 | 3,248 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 2,710 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2010 | 3,050 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 3,448 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 2,372 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 2013 | 3,645 kg/ha | +53.7% |
| 2014 | 2,981 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 2,924 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 3,489 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2017 | 2,326 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2018 | 4,033 kg/ha | +73.4% |
| 2019 | 3,146 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2020 | 4,253 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2021 | 4,024 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 2,996 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2023 | 2,068 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 2024 | 3,654 kg/ha | +76.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 3,654 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Spain's 3,654 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,143 kg/ha | 883.7 kg/ha | 1,340 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,460 kg/ha | 1,081 kg/ha | 1,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,189 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 2,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,308 kg/ha | 1,476 kg/ha | 3,002 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,860 kg/ha | 1,771 kg/ha | 3,569 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,141 kg/ha | 2,326 kg/ha | 4,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,399 kg/ha | 2,068 kg/ha | 4,253 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 48 Bangladesh 3,761 kg/ha compare
- 49 Switzerland 3,669 kg/ha compare
- 50 Italy 3,660 kg/ha compare
- 52 Serbia and Montenegro 3,563 kg/ha compare
- 53 India 3,559 kg/ha compare
- 54 Finland 3,536 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 wheat — yield in Spain?
- Wheat — yield in Spain was 3,654 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 4,253 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 883.7 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for wheat — yield?
- Spain ranks 51st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. 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 Wheat — Yield. 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.