Oats — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Oats — Area harvested is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 10.63 million ha in USSR; the lowest is 0 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 20,510 ha, and the mean is 238,010 ha.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 471.4%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 100.0%).
Oats — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 10.63 million ha | 1991 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 1.60 million ha | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 3 | Canada | 993,200 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 4 | Australia and New Zealand | 746,420 ha | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 5 | Australia | 742,000 ha | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 6 | Brazil | 539,317 ha | 2024 | up 126.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Poland | 519,000 ha | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 8 | Spain | 514,060 ha | 2024 | up 19.5% | flat |
| 9 | Finland | 328,300 ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 10 | Argentina | 277,521 ha | 2024 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 193,199 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 12 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 182,046 ha | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Ukraine | 173,800 ha | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 14 | Sweden | 157,430 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 15 | Germany | 156,200 ha | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Belarus | 155,000 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 17 | China | 154,830 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 17 | China, mainland | 154,830 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Türkiye | 142,587 ha | 2024 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Yugoslav SFR | 130,455 ha | 1991 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 21 | Lithuania | 107,880 ha | 2024 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 22 | Latvia | 104,900 ha | 2024 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 94,320 ha | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 24 | Chile | 85,215 ha | 2024 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 25 | Czechoslovakia | 82,557 ha | 1992 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Algeria | 80,000 ha | 2024 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 27 | France | 78,200 ha | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Norway | 69,523 ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 29 | Romania | 68,770 ha | 2024 | down 61.6% | rising |
| 30 | Greece | 66,740 ha | 2024 | up 56.0% | falling |
| 31 | Czechia | 52,620 ha | 2024 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 32 | Denmark | 51,910 ha | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Estonia | 48,360 ha | 2024 | up 77.1% | falling |
| 34 | Serbia and Montenegro | 46,006 ha | 2005 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia PDR | 40,460 ha | 1992 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Mexico | 38,160 ha | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 37 | Portugal | 36,100 ha | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Ireland | 29,770 ha | 2024 | up 60.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 28,172 ha | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 40 | Hungary | 25,510 ha | 2024 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 41 | Mongolia | 24,518 ha | 2024 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 23,570 ha | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Austria | 17,450 ha | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Croatia | 16,750 ha | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 45 | Morocco | 16,252 ha | 2024 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 46 | Uruguay | 16,161 ha | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 14,685 ha | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 14,496 ha | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Serbia | 14,328 ha | 2024 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 50 | Albania | 13,877 ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 51 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 12,100 ha | 1999 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Slovakia | 11,980 ha | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11,840 ha | 2024 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 54 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 10,916 ha | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Armenia | 6,507 ha | 2024 | up 178.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 4,431 ha | 2024 | up 201.8% | volatile |
| 57 | New Zealand | 4,420 ha | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 58 | Tunisia | 4,388 ha | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Kenya | 3,647 ha | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 60 | Belgium | 3,210 ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 2,587 ha | 2024 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 62 | Switzerland | 2,135 ha | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 1,959 ha | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 64 | Republic of Moldova | 1,621 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Georgia | 1,400 ha | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,380 ha | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 1,270 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 68 | Ecuador | 1,160 ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Israel | 896 ha | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 870 ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Slovenia | 770 ha | 2024 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 72 | Montenegro | 462 ha | 2024 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 302 ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 265 ha | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Cyprus | 250 ha | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Lesotho | 222 ha | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Japan | 162 ha | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Lebanon | 118 ha | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Ghana | 44 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 80 | Syrian Arab Republic | 40 ha | 2024 | up 471.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Colombia | 0 ha | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Iraq | 0 ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Malta | 0 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 81 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 8.54 million ha
- Europe 4.74 million ha
- Eastern Europe 2.63 million ha
- European Union (27) 2.52 million ha
- Americas 2.34 million ha
- Northern America 1.35 million ha
- Northern Europe 1.08 million ha
- South America 948,555 ha
- Southern Europe 771,834 ha
- Oceania 746,420 ha
- Asia 542,948 ha
- United States of America 358,560 ha
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.