Oats — Area harvested in Finland
Finland: Oats — Area harvested was 328,300 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Finland recorded 328,300 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.7% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Finland peaked at 572,000 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 269,500 ha, in 2017.
That places Finland 9th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Finland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 472,948 ha | — |
| 1962 | 455,900 ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 443,900 ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 470,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 471,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 478,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 455,200 ha | -4.9% |
| 1968 | 489,200 ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 482,800 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 524,300 ha | +8.6% |
| 1971 | 539,700 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 501,000 ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 528,300 ha | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 550,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 572,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 551,100 ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 416,700 ha | -24.4% |
| 1978 | 446,400 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 451,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 447,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 434,100 ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 459,300 ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 449,300 ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 418,600 ha | -6.8% |
| 1985 | 411,200 ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 403,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 367,500 ha | -8.9% |
| 1988 | 387,800 ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 446,400 ha | +15.1% |
| 1990 | 453,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 343,000 ha | -24.3% |
| 1992 | 330,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 332,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 334,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 329,300 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 374,400 ha | +13.7% |
| 1997 | 369,200 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 386,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 403,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 399,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 422,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 451,100 ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 424,500 ha | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 325,800 ha | -23.3% |
| 2005 | 345,400 ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 352,700 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 347,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 354,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 322,000 ha | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 278,300 ha | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 308,200 ha | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 313,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 344,300 ha | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 304,700 ha | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 281,100 ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 304,900 ha | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 269,500 ha | -11.6% |
| 2018 | 288,700 ha | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 297,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 324,500 ha | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 314,240 ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 320,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 291,300 ha | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 328,300 ha | +12.7% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 328,300 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 6.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Finland's 328,300 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 12.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 468,961 ha | 443,900 ha | 489,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 508,060 ha | 416,700 ha | 572,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 422,520 ha | 367,500 ha | 459,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 365,700 ha | 329,300 ha | 453,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 374,600 ha | 322,000 ha | 451,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 299,100 ha | 269,500 ha | 344,300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 315,768 ha | 291,300 ha | 328,300 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
- 6 Brazil 539,317 ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1,621 ha compare
- 7 Poland 519,000 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 40 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 ha compare
- 8 Spain 514,060 ha compare
- 10 Argentina 277,521 ha compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 193,199 ha compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 182,046 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,466 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5476 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2548 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Finland?
- Oats — area harvested in Finland was 328,300 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 572,000 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 269,500 ha in 2017.
- How does Finland rank for oats — area harvested?
- Finland ranks 9th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.