Australia vs France: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested

Australia
3.44 million ha
in 2024
France
1.33 million ha
in 2024
Australia rank
6th
France rank
8th

Rape or colza seed — Area harvested over time

  • Australia
  • France
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M196119922024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 3.44 million ha against 1.33 million ha in France, a difference of 2.11 million ha.

That makes Australia's figure about 2.6 times France's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.

Australia ranks 6th and France ranks 8th of 69 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and France in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia France Difference Ahead
1960s 696.89 ha 163,586 ha 162,889 ha France
1970s 34,025 ha 305,446 ha 271,421 ha France
1980s 38,942 ha 531,860 ha 492,918 ha France
1990s 550,998 ha 848,322 ha 297,323 ha France
2000s 1.34 million ha 1.27 million ha 69,339 ha Australia
2010s 2.55 million ha 1.47 million ha 1.08 million ha Australia
2020s 3.47 million ha 1.20 million ha 2.28 million ha Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rape or colza seed — area harvested, Australia or France?
Australia, at 3.44 million ha against 1.33 million ha in France as of 2024.
What is the difference in rape or colza seed — area harvested between Australia and France?
2.11 million ha, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and France?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and France rank globally for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
Australia ranks 6th and France ranks 8th 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

Indicator
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
98 places, 4,927 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.