Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 827.5 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Belgium stood at 827.5 kg/ha.
The figure is up 16.1% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Belgium peaked at 1,162 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 445.5 kg/ha, in 2003.
That places Belgium 56th out of 186 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 571.7 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 489.3 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2002 | 555.6 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 445.5 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2004 | 499.1 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 510.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 644.6 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2007 | 752.2 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 761.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 881.9 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 804.8 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 1,032 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2012 | 917 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 1,162 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2014 | 1,112 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 949.3 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2016 | 712.7 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2017 | 827.5 kg/ha | +16.1% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 827.5 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 871.3 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 827.5 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 720.45 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 611.18 kg/ha | 445.5 kg/ha | 881.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 939.52 kg/ha | 712.7 kg/ha | 1,162 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 53 Estonia 850.6 kg/ha compare
- 54 Jordan 839.4 kg/ha compare
- 55 Belgium-Luxembourg 833.2 kg/ha
- 57 Czechoslovakia 827.4 kg/ha
- 58 Trinidad and Tobago 819 kg/ha compare
- 59 Kiribati 789.6 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, oil equivalent — yield in Belgium?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Belgium was 827.5 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1,162 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 445.5 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Belgium rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Belgium ranks 56th out of 186 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. 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, Oil 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.