Italy vs Switzerland: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested

Italy
29,430 ha
in 2024
Switzerland
24,415 ha
in 2024
Italy rank
39th
Switzerland rank
41st

Rape or colza seed — Area harvested over time

  • Italy
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 29,430 ha against 24,415 ha in Switzerland, a difference of 5,015 ha.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.2 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 39th and Switzerland ranks 41st of 69 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Switzerland Difference Ahead
1960s 4,803 ha 6,724 ha 1,921 ha Switzerland
1970s 1,852 ha 10,278 ha 8,426 ha Switzerland
1980s 9,835 ha 14,699 ha 4,865 ha Switzerland
1990s 35,170 ha 16,192 ha 18,978 ha Italy
2000s 13,533 ha 17,429 ha 3,896 ha Switzerland
2010s 15,513 ha 22,188 ha 6,675 ha Switzerland
2020s 22,656 ha 24,831 ha 2,175 ha Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rape or colza seed — area harvested, Italy or Switzerland?
Italy, at 29,430 ha against 24,415 ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
What is the difference in rape or colza seed — area harvested between Italy and Switzerland?
5,015 ha, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Switzerland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Italy and Switzerland rank globally for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
Italy ranks 39th and Switzerland ranks 41st 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.