Oats — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Oats — Area harvested was 68,770 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — area harvested in Romania is 68,770 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.2% on the previous year and down 61.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Romania peaked at 364,451 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 44,700 ha, in 1976.
That places Romania 28th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 243,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 173,536 ha | -28.7% |
| 1963 | 129,819 ha | -25.2% |
| 1964 | 88,800 ha | -31.6% |
| 1965 | 115,799 ha | +30.4% |
| 1966 | 137,800 ha | +19.0% |
| 1967 | 126,700 ha | -8.1% |
| 1968 | 132,099 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 130,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 131,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 128,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 121,200 ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 104,900 ha | -13.4% |
| 1974 | 84,600 ha | -19.4% |
| 1975 | 70,134 ha | -17.1% |
| 1976 | 44,700 ha | -36.3% |
| 1977 | 54,303 ha | +21.5% |
| 1978 | 47,726 ha | -12.1% |
| 1979 | 59,678 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 50,914 ha | -14.7% |
| 1981 | 59,800 ha | +17.5% |
| 1982 | 88,436 ha | +47.9% |
| 1983 | 70,296 ha | -20.5% |
| 1984 | 66,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 72,100 ha | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 66,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 76,300 ha | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 91,600 ha | +20.1% |
| 1989 | 105,700 ha | +15.4% |
| 1990 | 144,300 ha | +36.5% |
| 1991 | 209,851 ha | +45.4% |
| 1992 | 303,782 ha | +44.8% |
| 1993 | 364,451 ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 334,069 ha | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 238,890 ha | -28.5% |
| 1996 | 233,855 ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 212,428 ha | -9.2% |
| 1998 | 224,373 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 245,475 ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 223,940 ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 218,760 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 230,894 ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 238,472 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 187,450 ha | -21.4% |
| 2005 | 213,163 ha | +13.7% |
| 2006 | 195,542 ha | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 202,516 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 200,007 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 201,819 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 181,217 ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 184,985 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 194,227 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 181,985 ha | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 179,292 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 173,862 ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 169,579 ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 165,550 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 161,480 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 161,190 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 101,340 ha | -37.1% |
| 2021 | 87,020 ha | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 78,450 ha | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 76,590 ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 68,770 ha | -10.2% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 68,770 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Romania's 68,770 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 2.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142,084 ha | 88,800 ha | 243,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 84,674 ha | 44,700 ha | 131,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 74,805 ha | 50,914 ha | 105,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 251,147 ha | 144,300 ha | 364,451 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 211,256 ha | 187,450 ha | 238,472 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 175,337 ha | 161,190 ha | 194,227 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,434 ha | 68,770 ha | 101,340 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Romania?
- Oats — area harvested in Romania was 68,770 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 364,451 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,700 ha in 1976.
- How does Romania rank for oats — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 28th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.