The Council of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of Andalusia has analysed the average price of land in 2015, which increased in the region by 6% compared to the average of 2014 and reached 20,320 Euro per hectare (19,173 Euro in 2014). This is almost double the increase recorded by agricultural land in Spain (+3.2%), where each hectare cost an average of 10,451 Euro in 2015, compared to 10,127 Euro in 2014. The upward trend in the prices of land in the region of Andalusia since 2014 has allowed their recovery after the declines recorded up until 2013.
Looking at the absolute value recorded on average in 2015, the land was most expensive in Almeria (36,470 Euro per hectare), followed by Jaen (30,012 Euro/hectare) and Malaga (19,238 Euro/hectare). Seville (18,444 Euro/hectare) is fourth in the ranking, ahead of Granada (18,302 Euro/hectare), Cordoba (16,646 Euro/hectare), Cadiz (14,768 Euro/hectare) and Huelva (11,417 Euro/hectare).
As for the various uses, the most noteworthy are the protected irrigated crops, with an average price of 188,440 Euro per hectare, followed by irrigated fleshy fruits (100,262 Euro/hectare). After these crops, the ranking continues with irrigated pome fruits (83,749 Euro/hectare), strawberries (53,921 Euro/hectare), open ground irrigated vegetables (46,699 Euro/hectare), irrigated mandarins (42,791 Euro per hectare) and irrigated olive groves for processing (40,020 Euro/hectare).
Source: agrodiariohuelva.es
