Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested was 10.39 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Europe stood at 10.39 million ha.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Europe peaked at 10.59 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 577,863 ha, in 1963.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 781,753 ha | 577,863 ha | 1.04 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.25 million ha | 1.05 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.56 million ha | 1.66 million ha | 3.53 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.94 million ha | 3.25 million ha | 5.52 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.04 million ha | 4.53 million ha | 8.53 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.85 million ha | 8.17 million ha | 9.91 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.72 million ha | 8.70 million ha | 10.59 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 India 9.18 million ha compare
- 2 Canada 8.85 million ha compare
- 3 China 7.90 million ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 7.90 million ha compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 3.44 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,912 g/An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 11.31 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — area harvested in Europe?
- Rape or colza seed — area harvested in Europe was 10.39 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 10.59 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 577,863 ha in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 19 regions with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.