Germany vs Poland: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested

Germany
1.09 million ha
in 2024
Poland
1.01 million ha
in 2024
Germany rank
10th
Poland rank
11th

Rape or colza seed — Area harvested over time

  • Germany
  • Poland
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 1.09 million ha against 1.01 million ha in Poland, a difference of 78,460 ha.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Poland ahead.

Germany ranks 10th and Poland ranks 11th of 69 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 5 and Poland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany Poland Difference Ahead
1960s 163,198 ha 245,956 ha 82,758 ha Poland
1970s 222,272 ha 313,104 ha 90,832 ha Poland
1980s 414,444 ha 401,918 ha 12,526 ha Germany
1990s 968,434 ha 432,161 ha 536,273 ha Germany
2000s 1.32 million ha 583,532 ha 738,925 ha Germany
2010s 1.30 million ha 877,204 ha 418,496 ha Germany
2020s 1.06 million ha 1.03 million ha 29,998 ha Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rape or colza seed — area harvested, Germany or Poland?
Germany, at 1.09 million ha against 1.01 million ha in Poland as of 2024.
What is the difference in rape or colza seed — area harvested between Germany and Poland?
78,460 ha, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Poland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Germany and Poland rank globally for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
Germany ranks 10th and Poland 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

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.