Rape or colza seed — Yield in Canada
Canada: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,175 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 2,175 kg/ha for rape or colza seed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Canada peaked at 2,372 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 854.5 kg/ha, in 1967.
Canada ranks 31st of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 885.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 884.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 980.2 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 938.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 882.6 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 948.2 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 854.5 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1968 | 1,034 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1969 | 930.4 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 999.1 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 1,003 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 982.1 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 946.5 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 909.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 1,006 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 1,163 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1977 | 1,358 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1978 | 1,238 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1979 | 1,001 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1980 | 1,194 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1981 | 1,319 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1982 | 1,270 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 1,128 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1984 | 1,111 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 1,257 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 1,434 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1987 | 1,440 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 1,149 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1989 | 1,100 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 1,291 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1991 | 1,345 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 1,272 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 1,340 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 1,257 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 1,221 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 1,467 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1997 | 1,313 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 1,408 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 1,581 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 1,483 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 1,326 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2002 | 1,246 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 1,444 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2004 | 1,577 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 1,832 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 1,718 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 1,518 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2008 | 1,947 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2009 | 1,979 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,865 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 1,925 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 1,565 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 2,253 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 2014 | 1,955 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 2,197 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 2,372 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 2,300 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 2,272 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 2,351 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 2,340 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,593 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 2022 | 2,193 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 2023 | 2,198 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,175 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 2,175 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 926.39 kg/ha | 854.5 kg/ha | 1,034 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,061 kg/ha | 909.8 kg/ha | 1,358 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,240 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,349 kg/ha | 1,221 kg/ha | 1,581 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,607 kg/ha | 1,246 kg/ha | 1,979 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,106 kg/ha | 1,565 kg/ha | 2,372 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,100 kg/ha | 1,593 kg/ha | 2,340 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 28 Yugoslav SFR 2,407 kg/ha compare
- 29 Spain 2,284 kg/ha compare
- 30 Romania 2,261 kg/ha compare
- 32 China 2,134 kg/ha compare
- 32 China, mainland 2,134 kg/ha compare
- 34 North Macedonia 2,129 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Canada?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Canada was 2,175 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2,372 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 854.5 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Canada rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Canada ranks 31st out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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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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.