Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Italy
Italy: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 540.2 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 540.2 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.8% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Italy peaked at 806.4 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 308.2 kg/ha, in 1976.
Italy ranks 100th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 430.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 347.2 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1963 | 539.8 kg/ha | +55.5% |
| 1964 | 377 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1965 | 435.6 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1966 | 356.9 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1967 | 514.5 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1968 | 361.9 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1969 | 451 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1970 | 395 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1971 | 531.1 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1972 | 325 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1973 | 478.9 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 1974 | 394.1 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1975 | 547.2 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 1976 | 308.2 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1977 | 579.1 kg/ha | +87.9% |
| 1978 | 406.4 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1979 | 466.5 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1980 | 657.1 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 1981 | 577.6 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1982 | 423.7 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1983 | 774.4 kg/ha | +82.8% |
| 1984 | 392.7 kg/ha | -49.3% |
| 1985 | 678 kg/ha | +72.7% |
| 1986 | 471.1 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1987 | 677.6 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 1988 | 538.5 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1989 | 652 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1990 | 394.2 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 1991 | 751.5 kg/ha | +90.6% |
| 1992 | 508.4 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1993 | 594.1 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1994 | 578.7 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 684.1 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1996 | 524.8 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1997 | 689.3 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1998 | 546.8 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1999 | 688.4 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2000 | 568.8 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2001 | 595.9 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 625 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 623.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 806.4 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2005 | 699.2 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2006 | 626.6 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 625.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 651.4 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 628 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 600.4 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 630.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 577.1 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 591.6 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 468.2 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2015 | 566.7 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2016 | 483 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 540.2 kg/ha | +11.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 540.2 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 871.3 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Italy's 540.2 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 720.45 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 423.78 kg/ha | 347.2 kg/ha | 539.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 443.15 kg/ha | 308.2 kg/ha | 579.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 584.27 kg/ha | 392.7 kg/ha | 774.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 596.03 kg/ha | 394.2 kg/ha | 751.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 645.07 kg/ha | 568.8 kg/ha | 806.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 557.2 kg/ha | 468.2 kg/ha | 630.4 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.6817 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1641 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.3673 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2194 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Italy?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Italy was 540.2 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 806.4 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 308.2 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Italy rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Italy ranks 100th out of 186 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.