Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.77 million ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 1.77 million ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 50.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Romania peaked at 1.77 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 523,160 ha, in 1962.
Romania ranks 27th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 555,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 523,160 ha | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 566,700 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 580,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 574,689 ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 596,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 662,400 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 693,445 ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 720,131 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 817,453 ha | +13.5% |
| 1971 | 831,877 ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 802,500 ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 840,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 907,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 796,509 ha | -12.2% |
| 1976 | 831,800 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 827,506 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 856,180 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 972,502 ha | +13.6% |
| 1980 | 1.03 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 976,061 ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 923,179 ha | -5.4% |
| 1983 | 934,352 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 951,503 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 1.00 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 937,800 ha | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 988,300 ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 1.04 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 1.13 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 677,779 ha | -40.0% |
| 1991 | 663,814 ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 826,734 ha | +24.5% |
| 1993 | 713,573 ha | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 665,002 ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 808,190 ha | +21.5% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million ha | +25.6% |
| 1997 | 852,932 ha | -16.0% |
| 1998 | 1.14 million ha | +33.7% |
| 1999 | 1.23 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 976,219 ha | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 925,085 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 1.00 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 1.32 million ha | +31.8% |
| 2004 | 1.11 million ha | -16.3% |
| 2005 | 1.18 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 1.27 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 1.17 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 1.23 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 1.25 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.39 million ha | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 1.47 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 1.25 million ha | -14.7% |
| 2013 | 1.43 million ha | +14.0% |
| 2014 | 1.49 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 1.51 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.63 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 1.77 million ha | +8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 608,136 ha | 523,160 ha | 720,131 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 848,333 ha | 796,509 ha | 972,502 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 991,104 ha | 923,179 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 859,443 ha | 663,814 ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 million ha | 925,085 ha | 1.32 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.49 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 24 Burkina Faso 2.01 million ha compare
- 25 South Africa 1.92 million ha compare
- 26 Tunisia 1.89 million ha compare
- 28 Italy 1.67 million ha compare
- 29 Benin 1.54 million ha compare
- 30 Mozambique 1.53 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Romania?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Romania was 1.77 million ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 523,160 ha in 1962.
- How does Romania rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 27th out of 186 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil 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.