Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 2.49 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Europe is 2.49 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 3.42 million ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 663,690 ha, in 1968.
Southern Europe ranks 22nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 904,690 ha | — |
| 1962 | 986,532 ha | +9.0% |
| 1963 | 901,218 ha | -8.6% |
| 1964 | 733,424 ha | -18.6% |
| 1965 | 725,135 ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 787,005 ha | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 691,261 ha | -12.2% |
| 1968 | 663,690 ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 732,431 ha | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 744,198 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 895,346 ha | +20.3% |
| 1972 | 996,351 ha | +11.3% |
| 1973 | 1.10 million ha | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 1.12 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 1.42 million ha | +26.8% |
| 1976 | 1.14 million ha | -19.4% |
| 1977 | 1.26 million ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 1.27 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 1.31 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 1.30 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 1.39 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 1.50 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 1.62 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1984 | 1.84 million ha | +13.7% |
| 1985 | 1.96 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 2.22 million ha | +12.8% |
| 1987 | 2.58 million ha | +16.6% |
| 1988 | 2.49 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 2.45 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 2.83 million ha | +15.6% |
| 1991 | 2.42 million ha | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 2.92 million ha | +20.9% |
| 1993 | 3.42 million ha | +17.0% |
| 1994 | 2.86 million ha | -16.2% |
| 1995 | 2.64 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 2.80 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 2.68 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 2.83 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 2.62 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 2.51 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 2.38 million ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 2.09 million ha | -12.1% |
| 2003 | 2.18 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 2.04 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 1.85 million ha | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 2.04 million ha | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 1.83 million ha | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 1.88 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 2.01 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 1.97 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 2.25 million ha | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 2.09 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 2.25 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 2.22 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 2.35 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 2.33 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 2.44 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 2.37 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 2.35 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 2.29 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 2.27 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 2.65 million ha | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 2.44 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 2.49 million ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 791,710 ha | 663,690 ha | 986,532 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.13 million ha | 744,198 ha | 1.42 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.94 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 2.58 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.80 million ha | 2.42 million ha | 3.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.08 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 2.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.26 million ha | 1.97 million ha | 2.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.43 million ha | 2.27 million ha | 2.65 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 19 Sudan (former) 3.52 million ha compare
- 20 Myanmar 3.41 million ha compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 2.89 million ha compare
- 22 France 2.19 million ha compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 1.93 million ha compare
- 24 South Africa 1.91 million ha compare
- 25 Romania 1.77 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Southern Europe was 2.49 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3.42 million ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 663,690 ha in 1968.
- How does Southern Europe rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.