Northern Europe vs Romania: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested

Northern Europe
1.13 million ha
in 2024
Romania
522,300 ha
in 2024
Northern Europe rank
11th
Romania rank
12th

Rape or colza seed — Area harvested over time

  • Northern Europe
  • Romania
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922024

How they compare

Northern Europe currently reports 1.13 million ha against 522,300 ha in Romania, a difference of 609,500 ha.

That makes Northern Europe's figure about 2.2 times Romania's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Europe has been ahead every year.

Northern Europe ranks 11th and Romania ranks 12th of 24 groups.

Northern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Northern Europe Romania Difference Ahead
1960s 109,067 ha 4,122 ha 104,945 ha Northern Europe
1970s 241,039 ha 5,560 ha 235,479 ha Northern Europe
1980s 687,593 ha 24,110 ha 663,483 ha Northern Europe
1990s 840,318 ha 14,229 ha 826,090 ha Northern Europe
2000s 1.05 million ha 151,922 ha 893,330 ha Northern Europe
2010s 1.40 million ha 409,896 ha 986,954 ha Northern Europe
2020s 1.22 million ha 488,278 ha 734,224 ha Northern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rape or colza seed — area harvested, Northern Europe or Romania?
Northern Europe, at 1.13 million ha against 522,300 ha in Romania as of 2024.
What is the difference in rape or colza seed — area harvested between Northern Europe and Romania?
609,500 ha, with Northern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Europe and Romania?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Northern Europe and Romania rank globally for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
Northern Europe ranks 11th and Romania ranks 12th of 24 groups.
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.