Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 1,340 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Belgium is 1,340 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Belgium peaked at 1,860 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 745.3 kg/ha, in 2003.
Belgium ranks 40th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 964.5 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 813 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2002 | 928.2 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2003 | 745.3 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2004 | 824.7 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 837.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1,050 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 2007 | 1,219 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2008 | 1,236 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 1,420 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2010 | 1,297 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 1,650 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 2012 | 1,475 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 1,860 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2014 | 1,780 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 1,525 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 1,153 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2017 | 1,340 kg/ha | +16.2% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 1,340 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,312 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 1,340 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,505 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,004 kg/ha | 745.3 kg/ha | 1,420 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,510 kg/ha | 1,153 kg/ha | 1,860 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 37 Serbia and Montenegro 1,382 kg/ha compare
- 38 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,357 kg/ha
- 39 Estonia 1,343 kg/ha compare
- 41 Japan 1,284 kg/ha compare
- 42 Yugoslav SFR 1,278 kg/ha
- 43 Israel 1,266 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Belgium?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Belgium was 1,340 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1,860 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 745.3 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Belgium rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Belgium ranks 40th out of 183 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield. 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.