Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 310,967 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 310,967 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.5% on the previous year and down 54.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 783,505 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 600 ha, in 1961.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 66th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 1,200 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,450 ha | +104.2% |
| 1967 | 6,100 ha | +149.0% |
| 1968 | 5,300 ha | -13.1% |
| 1969 | 7,284 ha | +37.4% |
| 1970 | 4,006 ha | -45.0% |
| 1971 | 5,261 ha | +31.3% |
| 1972 | 6,880 ha | +30.8% |
| 1973 | 13,760 ha | +100.0% |
| 1974 | 24,686 ha | +79.4% |
| 1975 | 39,000 ha | +58.0% |
| 1976 | 48,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1977 | 55,439 ha | +15.5% |
| 1978 | 64,167 ha | +15.7% |
| 1979 | 74,148 ha | +15.6% |
| 1980 | 91,774 ha | +23.8% |
| 1981 | 125,000 ha | +36.2% |
| 1982 | 174,000 ha | +39.2% |
| 1983 | 222,000 ha | +27.6% |
| 1984 | 271,000 ha | +22.1% |
| 1985 | 299,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 305,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 396,000 ha | +29.8% |
| 1988 | 362,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1989 | 338,400 ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 423,600 ha | +25.2% |
| 1991 | 531,814 ha | +25.5% |
| 1992 | 565,512 ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 566,929 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 549,174 ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 492,194 ha | -10.4% |
| 1996 | 463,421 ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 545,768 ha | +17.8% |
| 1998 | 633,441 ha | +16.1% |
| 1999 | 746,153 ha | +17.8% |
| 2000 | 473,659 ha | -36.5% |
| 2001 | 481,785 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 443,816 ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 574,217 ha | +29.4% |
| 2004 | 582,964 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 639,433 ha | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 607,801 ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 692,368 ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 614,232 ha | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 598,703 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 685,400 ha | +14.5% |
| 2011 | 741,012 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 783,505 ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 749,716 ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 689,118 ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 667,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 606,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 588,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 608,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 545,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 412,785 ha | -24.3% |
| 2021 | 348,390 ha | -15.6% |
| 2022 | 392,630 ha | +12.7% |
| 2023 | 411,892 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 310,967 ha | -24.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +149.0% | 2,450 ha | 6,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,904 ha | 600 ha | 7,284 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,535 ha | 4,006 ha | 74,148 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 258,417 ha | 91,774 ha | 396,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 551,801 ha | 423,600 ha | 746,153 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 570,898 ha | 443,816 ha | 692,368 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 666,275 ha | 545,000 ha | 783,505 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 375,333 ha | 310,967 ha | 412,785 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 310,967 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 783,505 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 ha in 1961.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 66th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.