Rape or colza seed — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Rape or colza seed — Production was 288,200 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Production in Southern Africa, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rape or colza seed — production in Southern Africa is 288,200 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.0% on the previous year and up 138.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — production in Southern Africa peaked at 288,200 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 400 t, in 1992.
That places Southern Africa 18th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 400 t | — |
| 1993 | 1,000 t | +150.0% |
| 1994 | 4,596 t | +359.6% |
| 1995 | 16,000 t | +248.1% |
| 1996 | 12,600 t | -21.2% |
| 1997 | 14,800 t | +17.5% |
| 1998 | 25,000 t | +68.9% |
| 1999 | 23,000 t | -8.0% |
| 2000 | 20,300 t | -11.7% |
| 2001 | 25,750 t | +26.8% |
| 2002 | 33,970 t | +31.9% |
| 2003 | 40,770 t | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 32,000 t | -21.5% |
| 2005 | 44,200 t | +38.1% |
| 2006 | 36,500 t | -17.4% |
| 2007 | 38,150 t | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 30,800 t | -19.3% |
| 2009 | 40,350 t | +31.0% |
| 2010 | 36,900 t | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 58,800 t | +59.3% |
| 2012 | 79,000 t | +34.4% |
| 2013 | 112,000 t | +41.8% |
| 2014 | 121,000 t | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 93,000 t | -23.1% |
| 2016 | 105,000 t | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 93,469 t | -11.0% |
| 2018 | 103,950 t | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 95,000 t | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 165,200 t | +73.9% |
| 2021 | 198,100 t | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 210,000 t | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 236,300 t | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 288,200 t | +22.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,174 t | 400 t | 25,000 t | 8 |
| 2000s | 34,279 t | 20,300 t | 44,200 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 89,812 t | 36,900 t | 121,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 219,560 t | 165,200 t | 288,200 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 15 Lithuania 868,000 t compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 823,605 t compare
- 17 Denmark 696,900 t compare
- 18 Bangladesh 637,745 t compare
- 19 Pakistan 452,804 t compare
- 20 Hungary 450,360 t compare
- 21 Czechoslovakia 430,000 t
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — production in Southern Africa?
- Rape or colza seed — production in Southern Africa was 288,200 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 288,200 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 t in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for rape or colza seed — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 18th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 138.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rape or colza seed — Production. 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.