Americas vs China: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
Americas currently reports 10.41 million ha against 7.90 million ha in China, a difference of 2.51 million ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.3 times China's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 3rd of 24 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 2 and China in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505,278 ha | 1.58 million ha | 1.07 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 1.84 million ha | 2.14 million ha | 299,648 ha | China |
| 1980s | 2.59 million ha | 4.24 million ha | 1.65 million ha | China |
| 1990s | 4.54 million ha | 6.22 million ha | 1.68 million ha | China |
| 2000s | 5.70 million ha | 6.90 million ha | 1.20 million ha | China |
| 2010s | 9.22 million ha | 7.07 million ha | 2.15 million ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 9.99 million ha | 7.34 million ha | 2.65 million ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rape or colza seed — area harvested, Americas or China?
- Americas, at 10.41 million ha against 7.90 million ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rape or colza seed — area harvested between Americas and China?
- 2.51 million ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 3rd of 24 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rape or colza seed — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.