Bangladesh vs Northern Europe: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested over time
- Bangladesh
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Northern Europe currently reports 1.13 million ha against 462,996 ha in Bangladesh, a difference of 668,804 ha.
That makes Northern Europe's figure about 2.4 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 13th and Northern Europe ranks 11th of 69 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 1 and Northern Europe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 212,509 ha | 109,067 ha | 103,442 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 213,447 ha | 241,039 ha | 27,592 ha | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 355,736 ha | 687,593 ha | 331,857 ha | Northern Europe |
| 1990s | 338,880 ha | 840,318 ha | 501,439 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2000s | 266,274 ha | 1.05 million ha | 778,978 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2010s | 291,603 ha | 1.40 million ha | 1.11 million ha | Northern Europe |
| 2020s | 363,126 ha | 1.22 million ha | 859,376 ha | Northern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rape or colza seed — area harvested, Bangladesh or Northern Europe?
- Northern Europe, at 1.13 million ha against 462,996 ha in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rape or colza seed — area harvested between Bangladesh and Northern Europe?
- 668,804 ha, with Northern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Northern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Northern Europe rank globally for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 13th and Northern Europe ranks 11th 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.