Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.77 million ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Romania stood at 1.77 million ha. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 50.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Romania peaked at 1.77 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 502,360 ha, in 1962.
Romania ranks 25th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 531,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 502,360 ha | -5.5% |
| 1963 | 544,600 ha | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 558,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 556,296 ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 575,400 ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 639,900 ha | +11.2% |
| 1968 | 671,495 ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 698,474 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 797,395 ha | +14.2% |
| 1971 | 815,677 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 783,700 ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 821,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 886,500 ha | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 776,709 ha | -12.4% |
| 1976 | 814,700 ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 815,006 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 843,880 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 960,702 ha | +13.8% |
| 1980 | 1.02 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 959,761 ha | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 904,279 ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 914,252 ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 932,103 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 981,300 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 915,500 ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 969,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 1.02 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 1.10 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 672,279 ha | -39.1% |
| 1991 | 662,814 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 825,648 ha | +24.6% |
| 1993 | 713,178 ha | -13.6% |
| 1994 | 664,902 ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 808,091 ha | +21.5% |
| 1996 | 1.01 million ha | +25.6% |
| 1997 | 852,907 ha | -16.0% |
| 1998 | 1.14 million ha | +33.6% |
| 1999 | 1.23 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 976,219 ha | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 925,085 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 1.00 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 1.32 million ha | +31.8% |
| 2004 | 1.11 million ha | -16.3% |
| 2005 | 1.18 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 1.27 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 1.17 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 1.23 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 1.25 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.39 million ha | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 1.47 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 1.25 million ha | -14.7% |
| 2013 | 1.43 million ha | +14.0% |
| 2014 | 1.49 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 1.51 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.63 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 1.77 million ha | +8.7% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 1.77 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 35,260 ha, 50.2× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Romania's 1.77 million ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 155,749 ha, 11.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -39.1% | 1.10 million ha | 672,279 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 586,547 ha | 502,360 ha | 698,474 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 831,577 ha | 776,709 ha | 960,702 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 971,194 ha | 904,279 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 858,558 ha | 662,814 ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 million ha | 925,085 ha | 1.32 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.49 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.4354 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.6361 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Romania?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Romania was 1.77 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 502,360 ha in 1962.
- How does Romania rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 25th out of 184 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.8%. 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 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.