Rape or colza seed — 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...
What the numbers show
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 9.18 million ha in India; the lowest is 0 ha in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 43,058 ha, and the mean is 756,018 ha.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 1,150.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 90.3%).
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 9.18 million ha | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 2 | Canada | 8.85 million ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 3 | China | 7.90 million ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 7.90 million ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.44 million ha | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Australia | 3.44 million ha | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 2.61 million ha | 2024 | up 145.7% | volatile |
| 8 | France | 1.33 million ha | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1.26 million ha | 2024 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Germany | 1.09 million ha | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 1.01 million ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Romania | 522,300 ha | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 462,996 ha | 2024 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 425,000 ha | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Pakistan | 406,937 ha | 2024 | up 72.6% | falling |
| 16 | USSR | 366,000 ha | 1991 | up 517.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Czechia | 343,380 ha | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 18 | Lithuania | 328,600 ha | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 293,231 ha | 2024 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Brazil | 211,800 ha | 2024 | up 381.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Ethiopia PDR | 186,216 ha | 1992 | up 365.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Denmark | 180,800 ha | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Hungary | 172,430 ha | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Czechoslovakia | 162,969 ha | 1992 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 25 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 150,000 ha | 2024 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 149,215 ha | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Slovakia | 142,290 ha | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 28 | Mongolia | 131,222 ha | 2024 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Latvia | 121,200 ha | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Uruguay | 120,000 ha | 2024 | up 1,150.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 98,430 ha | 2024 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Sweden | 92,970 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 33 | Paraguay | 70,000 ha | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 64,260 ha | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Estonia | 60,250 ha | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Republic of Moldova | 43,058 ha | 2024 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Finland | 36,800 ha | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Serbia | 35,402 ha | 2024 | up 260.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Argentina | 32,449 ha | 2024 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Italy | 29,430 ha | 2024 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Chile | 28,440 ha | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Switzerland | 24,415 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 43 | Austria | 23,720 ha | 2024 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Türkiye | 19,415 ha | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Croatia | 17,970 ha | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Ireland | 16,100 ha | 2024 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Yugoslav SFR | 15,298 ha | 1991 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 13,000 ha | 2024 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Algeria | 11,864 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 11,000 ha | 1999 | up 123.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Belgium | 10,620 ha | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 52 | Tunisia | 7,706 ha | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 53 | Greece | 5,560 ha | 2024 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Luxembourg | 2,720 ha | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 55 | Slovenia | 2,560 ha | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,544 ha | 2024 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Mexico | 2,000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 58 | Norway | 1,848 ha | 2024 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 59 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1,730 ha | 2005 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Japan | 1,680 ha | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 1,679 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 62 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,460 ha | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 63 | New Zealand | 1,108 ha | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Morocco | 1,000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Republic of Korea | 1,000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 219 ha | 2024 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 194 ha | 2024 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 21 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 69 | China, Taiwan Province of | 7 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 70 | Malta | 0 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 70 | Colombia | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 42.86 million ha
- Asia 18.41 million ha
- Americas 10.41 million ha
- Europe 10.39 million ha
- Southern Asia 10.20 million ha
- Northern America 9.95 million ha
- Eastern Asia 8.04 million ha
- Eastern Europe 6.59 million ha
- European Union (27) 5.70 million ha
- Oceania 3.44 million ha
- Western Europe 2.48 million ha
- Northern Europe 1.13 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.