Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested by country
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...
Countries reporting
205
Highest
49.56 million ha
Brazil
Lowest
0 ha
Malta
Median
136,497 ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,169
What the numbers show
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 49.56 million ha in Brazil; the lowest is 0 ha in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 136,497 ha, and the mean is 1.75 million ha.
Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 994.0%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 49.56 million ha | 2024 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 44.26 million ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | China | 28.18 million ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 28.13 million ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.07 million ha | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Argentina | 19.46 million ha | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Türkiye | 2.54 million ha | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 18.44 million ha | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.91 million ha | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 17.62 million ha | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Canada | 11.67 million ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.10 million ha | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 11.35 million ha | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 747,837 ha | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 10 | USSR | 9.65 million ha | 1991 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 10 | Melanesia | 623,071 ha | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 9.12 million ha | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 485,796 ha | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 12 | Sudan | 5.56 million ha | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 12 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 470,644 ha | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 13 | Malaysia | 5.24 million ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 389,062 ha | 2024 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 4.20 million ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 173,993 ha | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 15 | Australia and New Zealand | 4.01 million ha | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 136,391 ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 16 | Australia | 4.01 million ha | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Polynesia | 58,183 ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 17 | Paraguay | 3.85 million ha | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Micronesia | 54,092 ha | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 3.85 million ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 18 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 23,379 ha | 2024 | down 53.0% | rising |
| 19 | Sudan (former) | 3.52 million ha | 2011 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 18,024 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 3.46 million ha | 2017 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Timor-Leste | 16,430 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Myanmar | 3.42 million ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 2.89 million ha | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 2.20 million ha | 2017 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 2.01 million ha | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 25 | South Africa | 1.92 million ha | 2024 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 1.89 million ha | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 27 | Romania | 1.77 million ha | 2017 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.03 million ha | 2024 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Italy | 1.67 million ha | 2017 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 28 | Caribbean | 196,859 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 29 | Benin | 1.54 million ha | 2024 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 2,091 ha | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 30 | Mozambique | 1.53 million ha | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 31 | Chad | 1.50 million ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Mali | 1.37 million ha | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Germany | 1.36 million ha | 2017 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Senegal | 1.36 million ha | 2024 | up 44.0% | flat |
| 35 | Niger | 1.31 million ha | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea | 1.29 million ha | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Thailand | 1.28 million ha | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 1.27 million ha | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Cameroon | 1.25 million ha | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 40 | Uganda | 1.19 million ha | 2024 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 1.18 million ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 1.15 million ha | 2017 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 1.11 million ha | 2017 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Uruguay | 1.09 million ha | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1.09 million ha | 2017 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 46 | Ghana | 1.08 million ha | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 994,851 ha | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 48 | South Sudan | 988,499 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 49 | Poland | 965,385 ha | 2017 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 50 | Malawi | 752,052 ha | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Colombia | 639,634 ha | 2024 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 638,820 ha | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 53 | Mexico | 629,470 ha | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 580,030 ha | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 55 | Ethiopia PDR | 549,315 ha | 1992 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 519,071 ha | 2024 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 57 | Serbia | 508,100 ha | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 58 | Algeria | 492,136 ha | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Angola | 486,298 ha | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Czechia | 479,523 ha | 2017 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 457,024 ha | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 62 | Togo | 449,209 ha | 2024 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Belarus | 447,000 ha | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 440,755 ha | 2024 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 65 | Zambia | 401,297 ha | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Egypt | 383,466 ha | 2024 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 67 | Portugal | 371,736 ha | 2017 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 348,823 ha | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 69 | Yugoslav SFR | 335,263 ha | 1991 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 70 | Serbia and Montenegro | 334,005 ha | 2005 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 71 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 310,967 ha | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Slovakia | 291,198 ha | 2017 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 73 | Guatemala | 287,880 ha | 2024 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 74 | Nepal | 261,986 ha | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 75 | Czechoslovakia | 261,353 ha | 1992 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 260,851 ha | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 205,113 ha | 2024 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 78 | Croatia | 196,330 ha | 2017 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 79 | Libya | 193,318 ha | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Honduras | 192,630 ha | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Lithuania | 189,001 ha | 2017 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Ecuador | 186,859 ha | 2024 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 83 | Denmark | 178,356 ha | 2017 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Afghanistan | 177,405 ha | 2024 | up 207.9% | falling |
| 85 | Japan | 161,166 ha | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 156,837 ha | 2024 | up 99.7% | falling |
| 87 | Austria | 155,749 ha | 2017 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Madagascar | 148,104 ha | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 89 | Peru | 141,063 ha | 2024 | up 47.1% | falling |
| 90 | Republic of Korea | 138,028 ha | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 136,497 ha | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 92 | Mongolia | 131,222 ha | 2024 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Sweden | 118,780 ha | 2017 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 94 | Cambodia | 118,709 ha | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Latvia | 113,400 ha | 2017 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 112,128 ha | 2024 | up 139.7% | falling |
| 97 | Gabon | 104,254 ha | 2024 | up 111.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Rwanda | 102,751 ha | 2024 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 91,544 ha | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 91,150 ha | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 101 | Eritrea | 89,731 ha | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 88,821 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 78,444 ha | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 104 | Estonia | 73,866 ha | 2017 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Haiti | 73,488 ha | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 106 | Congo | 71,667 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 107 | Somalia | 70,560 ha | 2024 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 67,908 ha | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 109 | Palestine | 66,873 ha | 2022 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 66,822 ha | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 111 | Jordan | 57,877 ha | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 112 | Gambia | 57,709 ha | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 113 | Finland | 55,200 ha | 2017 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Chile | 55,166 ha | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 115 | Albania | 52,714 ha | 2024 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 116 | China, Taiwan Province of | 50,653 ha | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 117 | Israel | 48,903 ha | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 118 | Comoros | 43,246 ha | 2024 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 119 | Liberia | 39,440 ha | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 120 | Switzerland | 35,446 ha | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 121 | Burundi | 34,294 ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 122 | Panama | 31,663 ha | 2024 | up 209.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Guyana | 30,176 ha | 2024 | up 636.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Kiribati | 29,066 ha | 2024 | up 46.4% | falling |
| 125 | Saudi Arabia | 28,061 ha | 2024 | up 994.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 27,298 ha | 2024 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 127 | Yemen | 26,635 ha | 2024 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 128 | Belgium | 25,819 ha | 2017 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 129 | Jamaica | 24,526 ha | 2024 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 130 | French Polynesia | 23,006 ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 131 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 23,003 ha | 1999 | up 40.2% | falling |
| 132 | Samoa | 21,712 ha | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19,497 ha | 2024 | up 241.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Belize | 18,132 ha | 2024 | up 415.1% | volatile |
| 135 | El Salvador | 12,453 ha | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Cyprus | 10,911 ha | 2017 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 137 | North Macedonia | 10,529 ha | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 138 | Iraq | 10,284 ha | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Ireland | 10,100 ha | 2017 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Cuba | 8,205 ha | 2024 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 141 | Botswana | 8,053 ha | 2024 | up 167.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Eswatini | 7,907 ha | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Slovenia | 7,885 ha | 2017 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Marshall Islands | 6,765 ha | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,312 ha | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritania | 5,304 ha | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 147 | Niue | 5,285 ha | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 148 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4,883 ha | 2017 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Tonga | 4,097 ha | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 150 | Fiji | 3,553 ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Dominica | 3,322 ha | 2024 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 3,267 ha | 2017 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,109 ha | 2024 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 3,042 ha | 2024 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 155 | New Zealand | 2,858 ha | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Georgia | 2,838 ha | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,529 ha | 2024 | down 77.4% | falling |
| 158 | Tuvalu | 2,499 ha | 2024 | up 50.6% | falling |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 1,996 ha | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 160 | Namibia | 1,941 ha | 2024 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Norway | 1,848 ha | 2024 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 162 | Réunion | 1,429 ha | 2006 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Seychelles | 1,211 ha | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Grenada | 1,143 ha | 2024 | down 49.7% | rising |
| 165 | Cook Islands | 984 ha | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Suriname | 826 ha | 2024 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Montenegro | 786 ha | 2024 | up 144.1% | flat |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 747 ha | 2024 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Oman | 637 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 593 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 171 | Martinique | 575 ha | 2006 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 538 ha | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Mauritius | 535 ha | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Bhutan | 516 ha | 2024 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Bahamas | 366 ha | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 176 | Barbados | 292 ha | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 177 | Nauru | 237 ha | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 178 | Brunei Darussalam | 158 ha | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 179 | Armenia | 138 ha | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 101 ha | 2006 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Maldives | 93 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | 88 ha | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 183 | French Guiana | 72 ha | 2006 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Kuwait | 56 ha | 2024 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Singapore | 16 ha | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Malta | 0 ha | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 351.87 million ha
- Asia 119.59 million ha
- Americas 130.75 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 33.33 million ha
- South America 77.07 million ha
- Middle Africa 4.96 million ha
- Northern America 52.13 million ha
- Southern Asia 50.53 million ha
- Africa 50.14 million ha
- Europe 46.64 million ha
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 1.20 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 43.83 million ha
- United States of America 40.45 million ha
- Eastern Europe 34.23 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 32.22 million ha
- South-eastern Asia 31.96 million ha
- Eastern Asia 28.78 million ha
- Western Africa 23.25 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 23.23 million ha
- European Union (27) 17.22 million ha
- Eastern Africa 10.20 million ha
- Northern Africa 9.79 million ha
- Southern Europe 7.53 million ha
- Oceania 4.75 million ha
- Central Asia 4.63 million ha
- Western Europe 3.71 million ha
- Western Asia 3.70 million ha
- Southern Africa 1.94 million ha
- Central America 1.35 million ha
- Northern Europe 1.17 million ha
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.