China vs Spain: Rape or colza seed — Yield
Rape or colza seed — Yield over time
- China
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 2,284 kg/ha against 2,134 kg/ha in China, a difference of 150 kg/ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Spain ahead.
China ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 30th of 69 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 616.7 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 1,383 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 681.98 kg/ha | 1,877 kg/ha | 1,195 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 1,149 kg/ha | 1,144 kg/ha | 5.08 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 1,336 kg/ha | 1,216 kg/ha | 120.13 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 1,720 kg/ha | 1,633 kg/ha | 86.89 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 1,938 kg/ha | 2,116 kg/ha | 177.67 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 2,109 kg/ha | 2,220 kg/ha | 110.38 kg/ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rape or colza seed — yield, China or Spain?
- Spain, at 2,284 kg/ha against 2,134 kg/ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rape or colza seed — yield between China and Spain?
- 150 kg/ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Spain?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do China and Spain rank globally for rape or colza seed — yield?
- China ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 30th of 69 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rape or colza seed — Yield. 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.