Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested was 98,430 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 98,430 ha for rape or colza seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.0% on the previous year and up 128.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Spain peaked at 130,070 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Spain ranks 31st of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 20 ha | — |
| 1970 | 5 ha | -75.0% |
| 1971 | 200 ha | +3900.0% |
| 1972 | 18 ha | -91.0% |
| 1973 | 110 ha | +511.1% |
| 1974 | 1,208 ha | +998.2% |
| 1975 | 2,100 ha | +73.8% |
| 1976 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 30,000 ha | +275.0% |
| 1981 | 20,100 ha | -33.0% |
| 1982 | 20,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 8,184 ha | -59.5% |
| 1985 | 9,989 ha | +22.1% |
| 1986 | 4,933 ha | -50.6% |
| 1987 | 6,785 ha | +37.5% |
| 1988 | 7,093 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 11,647 ha | +64.2% |
| 1990 | 24,122 ha | +107.1% |
| 1991 | 11,824 ha | -51.0% |
| 1992 | 8,487 ha | -28.2% |
| 1993 | 13,319 ha | +56.9% |
| 1994 | 69,001 ha | +418.1% |
| 1995 | 87,600 ha | +27.0% |
| 1996 | 97,600 ha | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 66,761 ha | -31.6% |
| 1998 | 46,500 ha | -30.3% |
| 1999 | 48,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 31,400 ha | -35.0% |
| 2001 | 18,971 ha | -39.6% |
| 2002 | 6,814 ha | -64.1% |
| 2003 | 4,300 ha | -36.9% |
| 2004 | 5,512 ha | +28.2% |
| 2005 | 3,401 ha | -38.3% |
| 2006 | 5,481 ha | +61.2% |
| 2007 | 19,783 ha | +260.9% |
| 2008 | 10,885 ha | -45.0% |
| 2009 | 21,740 ha | +99.7% |
| 2010 | 19,600 ha | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 32,091 ha | +63.7% |
| 2012 | 28,757 ha | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 42,000 ha | +46.1% |
| 2014 | 43,176 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 71,040 ha | +64.5% |
| 2016 | 91,459 ha | +28.7% |
| 2017 | 95,801 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 78,530 ha | -18.0% |
| 2019 | 70,260 ha | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 71,470 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 92,200 ha | +29.0% |
| 2022 | 130,070 ha | +41.1% |
| 2023 | 111,860 ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 98,430 ha | -12.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 98,430 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 62,255 ha, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Spain's 98,430 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 48,525 ha, 2.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +3900.0% | 5 ha | 200 ha |
| 1974 | +998.2% | 110 ha | 1,208 ha |
| 1973 | +511.1% | 18 ha | 110 ha |
| 1994 | +418.1% | 13,319 ha | 69,001 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.22 ha | 0 ha | 20 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,364 ha | 5 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,903 ha | 4,933 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,351 ha | 8,487 ha | 97,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,829 ha | 3,401 ha | 31,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,271 ha | 19,600 ha | 95,801 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 100,806 ha | 71,470 ha | 130,070 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — area harvested in Spain?
- Rape or colza seed — area harvested in Spain was 98,430 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 130,070 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 31st out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 128.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Spain 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.