Australia vs China (People’s Republic of): Rape or colza seed — Area harvested
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- China (People’s Republic of)
How they compare
China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 7.90 million ha against 3.44 million ha in Australia, a difference of 4.47 million ha.
That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 2.3 times Australia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China (People’s Republic of) has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 6th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd of 69 countries.
China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | China (People’s Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 696.89 ha | 1.58 million ha | 1.58 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1970s | 34,025 ha | 2.14 million ha | 2.11 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1980s | 38,942 ha | 4.24 million ha | 4.21 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1990s | 550,998 ha | 6.22 million ha | 5.67 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2000s | 1.34 million ha | 6.90 million ha | 5.56 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2010s | 2.55 million ha | 7.07 million ha | 4.52 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2020s | 3.47 million ha | 7.34 million ha | 3.87 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rape or colza seed — area harvested, Australia or China (People’s Republic of)?
- China (People’s Republic of), at 7.90 million ha against 3.44 million ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rape or colza seed — area harvested between Australia and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 4.47 million ha, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 6th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd of 69 countries.
- 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.