China vs Western Europe: Rape or colza seed — Production
Rape or colza seed — Production over time
- China
- Western Europe
How they compare
China currently reports 16.87 million t against 7.77 million t in Western Europe, a difference of 9.10 million t.
That makes China's figure about 2.2 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 9th of 69 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 801,208 t | 648,209 t | 152,999 t | China |
| 1970s | 1.47 million t | 1.18 million t | 285,682 t | China |
| 1980s | 4.92 million t | 2.78 million t | 2.14 million t | China |
| 1990s | 8.34 million t | 5.80 million t | 2.54 million t | China |
| 2000s | 11.82 million t | 9.07 million t | 2.75 million t | China |
| 2010s | 13.68 million t | 9.92 million t | 3.76 million t | China |
| 2020s | 15.50 million t | 7.92 million t | 7.58 million t | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rape or colza seed — production, China or Western Europe?
- China, at 16.87 million t against 7.77 million t in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rape or colza seed — production between China and Western Europe?
- 9.10 million t, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Europe rank globally for rape or colza seed — production?
- China ranks 2nd and Western Europe 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 — Production. 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.