Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested was 3.44 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 3.44 million ha for rape or colza seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 4.36 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th of 69 countries 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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +60.0% |
| 1967 | 330 ha | -17.5% |
| 1968 | 1,716 ha | +420.0% |
| 1969 | 5,156 ha | +200.5% |
| 1970 | 43,197 ha | +737.8% |
| 1971 | 85,285 ha | +97.4% |
| 1972 | 77,442 ha | -9.2% |
| 1973 | 17,143 ha | -77.9% |
| 1974 | 12,108 ha | -29.4% |
| 1975 | 16,200 ha | +33.8% |
| 1976 | 8,069 ha | -50.2% |
| 1977 | 19,453 ha | +141.1% |
| 1978 | 22,601 ha | +16.2% |
| 1979 | 42,010 ha | +85.9% |
| 1980 | 23,900 ha | -43.1% |
| 1981 | 15,964 ha | -33.2% |
| 1982 | 12,608 ha | -21.0% |
| 1983 | 17,988 ha | +42.7% |
| 1984 | 30,251 ha | +68.2% |
| 1985 | 74,490 ha | +146.2% |
| 1986 | 67,963 ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 61,973 ha | -8.8% |
| 1988 | 45,995 ha | -25.8% |
| 1989 | 50,897 ha | +10.7% |
| 1990 | 73,886 ha | +45.2% |
| 1991 | 151,665 ha | +105.3% |
| 1992 | 108,109 ha | -28.7% |
| 1993 | 178,532 ha | +65.1% |
| 1994 | 358,534 ha | +100.8% |
| 1995 | 379,058 ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 410,402 ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 700,550 ha | +70.7% |
| 1998 | 1.25 million ha | +78.4% |
| 1999 | 1.92 million ha | +53.6% |
| 2000 | 1.46 million ha | -23.9% |
| 2001 | 1.33 million ha | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 1.30 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 1.21 million ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 1.38 million ha | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 973,461 ha | -29.4% |
| 2006 | 1.05 million ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 1.28 million ha | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 1.69 million ha | +32.5% |
| 2009 | 1.70 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2.08 million ha | +22.5% |
| 2011 | 2.46 million ha | +18.4% |
| 2012 | 3.27 million ha | +32.9% |
| 2013 | 2.72 million ha | -16.8% |
| 2014 | 2.90 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 2.09 million ha | -27.8% |
| 2016 | 2.68 million ha | +28.2% |
| 2017 | 3.17 million ha | +18.3% |
| 2018 | 2.12 million ha | -33.1% |
| 2019 | 2.04 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 2.61 million ha | +28.5% |
| 2021 | 3.25 million ha | +24.3% |
| 2022 | 4.36 million ha | +34.0% |
| 2023 | 3.72 million ha | -14.7% |
| 2024 | 3.44 million ha | -7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 961.33 ha | 200 ha | 5,156 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,351 ha | 8,069 ha | 85,285 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,203 ha | 12,608 ha | 74,490 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 552,924 ha | 73,886 ha | 1.92 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.34 million ha | 973,461 ha | 1.70 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.55 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 3.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.48 million ha | 2.61 million ha | 4.36 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Rape or colza seed — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 3.44 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4.36 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.