Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 3.70 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 3.70 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 4.00 million ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 411,976 ha, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 21st of 29 groups 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 411,976 ha | — |
| 1962 | 462,708 ha | +12.3% |
| 1963 | 472,388 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 517,283 ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 519,399 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 517,651 ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 528,010 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 557,575 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 601,471 ha | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 666,587 ha | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 693,774 ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 690,129 ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 696,408 ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 722,066 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 689,968 ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 709,290 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 687,746 ha | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 675,775 ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 691,378 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 876,703 ha | +26.8% |
| 1981 | 1.02 million ha | +16.8% |
| 1982 | 1.19 million ha | +16.6% |
| 1983 | 1.38 million ha | +15.7% |
| 1984 | 1.47 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 1.68 million ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 1.91 million ha | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 2.60 million ha | +36.3% |
| 1988 | 2.60 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 2.49 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 2.91 million ha | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 3.02 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 3.08 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 2.79 million ha | -9.3% |
| 1994 | 3.36 million ha | +20.3% |
| 1995 | 3.22 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 3.03 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 3.18 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 3.38 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 3.92 million ha | +15.9% |
| 2000 | 3.39 million ha | -13.5% |
| 2001 | 3.30 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 3.25 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 3.37 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 3.32 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 3.53 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 3.81 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 3.96 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 3.68 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 3.98 million ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 3.97 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 3.96 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 3.92 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 4.00 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 3.92 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 3.84 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 3.86 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 3.76 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 3.85 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 3.03 million ha | -21.3% |
| 2020 | 3.36 million ha | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 3.19 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 3.81 million ha | +19.3% |
| 2023 | 3.91 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 3.70 million ha | -5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 509,829 ha | 411,976 ha | 601,471 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 692,312 ha | 666,587 ha | 722,066 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.72 million ha | 876,703 ha | 2.60 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.19 million ha | 2.79 million ha | 3.92 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.56 million ha | 3.25 million ha | 3.98 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.81 million ha | 3.03 million ha | 4.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.59 million ha | 3.19 million ha | 3.91 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 18 Paraguay 3.84 million ha compare
- 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
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 182,443 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Western Europe was 3.70 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4.00 million ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 411,976 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.