Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Belarus
Belarus: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested was 425,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Belarus, 1992–2024
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 Belarus is 425,000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 7.6% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Belarus peaked at 425,000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23,000 ha, in 1993.
Belarus ranks 14th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Belarus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 29,000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 23,000 ha | -20.7% |
| 1994 | 34,000 ha | +47.8% |
| 1995 | 48,000 ha | +41.2% |
| 1996 | 29,000 ha | -39.6% |
| 1997 | 28,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 84,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 1999 | 135,700 ha | +61.5% |
| 2000 | 110,000 ha | -18.9% |
| 2001 | 114,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 83,000 ha | -27.2% |
| 2003 | 61,386 ha | -26.0% |
| 2004 | 121,991 ha | +98.7% |
| 2005 | 121,947 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 107,117 ha | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 197,437 ha | +84.3% |
| 2008 | 283,735 ha | +43.7% |
| 2009 | 340,315 ha | +19.9% |
| 2010 | 307,028 ha | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 295,871 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 421,497 ha | +42.5% |
| 2013 | 403,119 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 400,481 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 244,005 ha | -39.1% |
| 2016 | 209,911 ha | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 332,308 ha | +58.3% |
| 2018 | 349,474 ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 344,541 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 355,148 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 389,700 ha | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 383,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 395,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 425,000 ha | +7.6% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 425,000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,000 ha, 6.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 425,000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 48,525 ha, 8.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Belarus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +200.0% | 28,000 ha | 84,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51,338 ha | 23,000 ha | 135,700 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 154,093 ha | 61,386 ha | 340,315 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 330,824 ha | 209,911 ha | 421,497 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 389,570 ha | 355,148 ha | 425,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More agriculture & rural data for Belarus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 709.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2051 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — area harvested in Belarus?
- Rape or colza seed — area harvested in Belarus was 425,000 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 425,000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,000 ha in 1993.
- How does Belarus rank for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Belarus ranks 14th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — area harvested rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belarus 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.