Germany vs Northern Europe: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested

Germany
1.36 million ha
in 2017
Northern Europe
1.17 million ha
in 2024
Germany rank
28th
Northern Europe rank
26th

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Germany
  • Northern Europe
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 1.36 million ha against 1.17 million ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 183,710 ha.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times Northern Europe's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 28th and Northern Europe ranks 26th of 184 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 3 and Northern Europe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany Northern Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 196,095 ha 131,840 ha 64,255 ha Germany
1970s 234,553 ha 248,535 ha 13,982 ha Northern Europe
1980s 430,602 ha 694,876 ha 264,275 ha Northern Europe
1990s 1.11 million ha 957,393 ha 153,570 ha Germany
2000s 1.38 million ha 1.09 million ha 289,114 ha Germany
2010s 1.41 million ha 1.47 million ha 62,870 ha Northern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Germany or Northern Europe?
Germany, at 1.36 million ha against 1.17 million ha in Northern Europe as of 2017.
What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Germany and Northern Europe?
183,710 ha, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Northern Europe?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Germany and Northern Europe rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Germany ranks 28th and Northern Europe ranks 26th of 184 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,029 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.