Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested was 10.41 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rape or colza seed — area harvested in Americas is 10.41 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Americas peaked at 10.41 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 190,217 ha, in 1962.
Americas ranks 2nd of 24 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 329,244 ha | — |
| 1962 | 190,217 ha | -42.2% |
| 1963 | 248,137 ha | +30.4% |
| 1964 | 384,502 ha | +55.0% |
| 1965 | 652,209 ha | +69.6% |
| 1966 | 688,754 ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 709,282 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 472,563 ha | -33.4% |
| 1969 | 872,596 ha | +84.7% |
| 1970 | 1.70 million ha | +94.9% |
| 1971 | 2.21 million ha | +29.7% |
| 1972 | 1.39 million ha | -37.1% |
| 1973 | 1.31 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 1.31 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 1.88 million ha | +43.5% |
| 1976 | 785,681 ha | -58.2% |
| 1977 | 1.52 million ha | +92.9% |
| 1978 | 2.87 million ha | +89.4% |
| 1979 | 3.47 million ha | +20.9% |
| 1980 | 2.17 million ha | -37.6% |
| 1981 | 1.45 million ha | -33.3% |
| 1982 | 1.80 million ha | +24.6% |
| 1983 | 2.33 million ha | +29.5% |
| 1984 | 3.09 million ha | +32.5% |
| 1985 | 2.82 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1986 | 2.71 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 2.75 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 3.76 million ha | +36.8% |
| 1989 | 3.04 million ha | -19.1% |
| 1990 | 2.62 million ha | -13.8% |
| 1991 | 3.26 million ha | +24.6% |
| 1992 | 3.18 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 4.25 million ha | +33.5% |
| 1994 | 5.93 million ha | +39.6% |
| 1995 | 5.48 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 3.63 million ha | -33.8% |
| 1997 | 5.15 million ha | +42.0% |
| 1998 | 5.91 million ha | +14.6% |
| 1999 | 6.05 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 5.53 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 4.44 million ha | -19.8% |
| 2002 | 4.19 million ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 5.18 million ha | +23.5% |
| 2004 | 5.29 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 5.75 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 5.77 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 6.91 million ha | +19.8% |
| 2008 | 7.00 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 6.98 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 7.58 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 8.15 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 9.75 million ha | +19.5% |
| 2013 | 9.01 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 9.27 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 9.33 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 9.20 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 10.35 million ha | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 10.10 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 9.45 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 9.27 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 10.06 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 9.81 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 10.39 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 10.41 million ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505,278 ha | 190,217 ha | 872,596 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.84 million ha | 785,681 ha | 3.47 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.59 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 3.76 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.54 million ha | 2.62 million ha | 6.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.70 million ha | 4.19 million ha | 7.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.22 million ha | 7.58 million ha | 10.35 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.99 million ha | 9.27 million ha | 10.41 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 India 9.18 million ha compare
- 2 Canada 8.85 million ha compare
- 3 China 7.90 million ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 150,000 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 7.90 million ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 43,058 ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 19,415 ha compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 3.44 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — area harvested in Americas?
- Rape or colza seed — area harvested in Americas was 10.41 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 10.41 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 190,217 ha in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rape or colza seed — 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.