France vs Oceania: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested

France
1.33 million ha
in 2024
Oceania
3.44 million ha
in 2024
France rank
8th
Oceania rank
9th

Rape or colza seed — Area harvested over time

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

How they compare

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

That makes Oceania'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.

France ranks 8th and Oceania ranks 9th of 69 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade France Oceania Difference Ahead
1960s 163,586 ha 961.33 ha 162,625 ha France
1970s 305,446 ha 34,351 ha 271,095 ha France
1980s 531,860 ha 40,203 ha 491,657 ha France
1990s 848,322 ha 552,924 ha 295,398 ha France
2000s 1.27 million ha 1.34 million ha 71,017 ha Oceania
2010s 1.47 million ha 2.55 million ha 1.08 million ha Oceania
2020s 1.20 million ha 3.48 million ha 2.28 million ha Oceania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rape or colza seed — area harvested, France or Oceania?
Oceania, 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 France and Oceania?
2.11 million ha, with Oceania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Oceania?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do France and Oceania rank globally for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
France ranks 8th and Oceania ranks 9th 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
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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.