Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.17 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Northern Europe is 1.17 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.1% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 1.61 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 98,501 ha, in 1966.
That places Northern Europe 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 101,273 ha | — |
| 1962 | 131,606 ha | +30.0% |
| 1963 | 111,385 ha | -15.4% |
| 1964 | 145,194 ha | +30.4% |
| 1965 | 141,061 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 98,501 ha | -30.2% |
| 1967 | 148,725 ha | +51.0% |
| 1968 | 159,246 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 149,570 ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 130,169 ha | -13.0% |
| 1971 | 164,318 ha | +26.2% |
| 1972 | 204,471 ha | +24.4% |
| 1973 | 254,647 ha | +24.5% |
| 1974 | 265,444 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 307,787 ha | +16.0% |
| 1976 | 261,705 ha | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 252,386 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 307,344 ha | +21.8% |
| 1979 | 337,080 ha | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 432,572 ha | +28.3% |
| 1981 | 481,876 ha | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 562,513 ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 628,870 ha | +11.8% |
| 1984 | 709,958 ha | +12.9% |
| 1985 | 755,120 ha | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 786,245 ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 909,430 ha | +15.7% |
| 1988 | 807,663 ha | -11.2% |
| 1989 | 874,516 ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 938,678 ha | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 1.04 million ha | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 999,545 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 972,219 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 962,254 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 892,579 ha | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 749,230 ha | -16.1% |
| 1997 | 838,666 ha | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 967,625 ha | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 1.22 million ha | +25.8% |
| 2000 | 799,809 ha | -34.3% |
| 2001 | 796,777 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 803,929 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 979,328 ha | +21.8% |
| 2004 | 1.09 million ha | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 1.17 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 1.25 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 1.42 million ha | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 1.28 million ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 1.34 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 1.61 million ha | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 1.57 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.58 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.60 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.41 million ha | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 1.36 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 1.28 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 1.33 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 1.33 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.33 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.22 million ha | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 1.23 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.40 million ha | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 1.35 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 1.17 million ha | -13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131,840 ha | 98,501 ha | 159,246 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 248,535 ha | 130,169 ha | 337,080 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 694,876 ha | 432,572 ha | 909,430 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 957,393 ha | 749,230 ha | 1.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.09 million ha | 796,777 ha | 1.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.44 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 1.61 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.27 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Northern Europe was 1.17 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.61 million ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 98,501 ha in 1966.
- How does Northern Europe rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.