Rape or colza seed — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 3,366 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 3,366 kg/ha for rape or colza seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.6% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Belgium peaked at 4,795 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,958 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Belgium 5th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,958 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 3,608 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2002 | 3,588 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 3,611 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 4,121 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2005 | 4,258 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 3,537 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2007 | 3,740 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 3,850 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 4,313 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 4,041 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 4,746 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2012 | 3,852 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2013 | 4,272 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 4,795 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 4,505 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 3,444 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2017 | 4,260 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2018 | 3,828 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 3,610 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 3,729 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 3,431 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 4,291 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2023 | 3,766 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 3,366 kg/ha | -10.6% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 3,366 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 3,366 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,758 kg/ha | 2,958 kg/ha | 4,313 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,136 kg/ha | 3,444 kg/ha | 4,795 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,717 kg/ha | 3,366 kg/ha | 4,291 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 2 Ireland 4,076 kg/ha compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 2,010 kg/ha compare
- 3 Denmark 3,854 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,867 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,546 kg/ha
- 6 Luxembourg 3,342 kg/ha compare
- 7 Germany 3,337 kg/ha compare
- 8 Norway 3,247 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Belgium?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Belgium was 3,366 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 4,795 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,958 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Belgium rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Belgium ranks 5th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rape or colza seed — Yield. 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.