Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.36 million ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Germany is 1.36 million ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Germany peaked at 1.58 million ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 190,401 ha, in 1967.
That places Germany 30th out of 200 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 196,095 ha | 190,401 ha | 206,681 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 234,553 ha | 200,396 ha | 256,366 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 430,602 ha | 272,259 ha | 606,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.11 million ha | 769,906 ha | 1.45 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.38 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 1.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.41 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 14.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Germany?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Germany was 1.36 million ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 million ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 190,401 ha in 1967.
- How does Germany rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 30th out of 200 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.