Rape or colza seed — Yield in Europe
Europe: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,594 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — yield in Europe stood at 2,594 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Europe peaked at 3,191 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1,414 kg/ha, in 1963.
Europe ranks 5th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,546 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,658 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 1,414 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1964 | 1,571 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 1,898 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1966 | 1,734 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1967 | 2,119 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1968 | 1,812 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1969 | 1,690 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 1,869 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 1,927 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 1,967 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 1,891 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 2,147 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 2,057 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 2,156 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 1,925 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1978 | 2,185 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1979 | 1,933 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1980 | 2,265 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1981 | 2,012 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1982 | 2,224 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1983 | 2,086 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 2,500 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1985 | 2,462 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 2,556 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 2,564 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 2,365 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1989 | 2,494 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 2,553 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 2,628 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 2,391 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 2,444 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 2,346 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 2,530 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 2,398 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 2,779 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1998 | 2,730 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 2,677 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,548 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 2,642 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 2,634 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,534 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 3,191 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2005 | 3,021 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 2,732 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 2,516 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 2,737 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 2,913 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 2,601 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 2,520 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 2,704 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 2,734 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 3,157 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2015 | 3,012 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 2,780 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 2,977 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 2,568 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2019 | 2,639 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 2,722 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 2,815 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 2,920 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 2,882 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 2,594 kg/ha | -10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,716 kg/ha | 1,414 kg/ha | 2,119 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,006 kg/ha | 1,869 kg/ha | 2,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,353 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 2,564 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,548 kg/ha | 2,346 kg/ha | 2,779 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,747 kg/ha | 2,516 kg/ha | 3,191 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,769 kg/ha | 2,520 kg/ha | 3,157 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,786 kg/ha | 2,594 kg/ha | 2,920 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 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 compare
- 5 Belgium 3,366 kg/ha compare
- 6 Luxembourg 3,342 kg/ha compare
- 7 Germany 3,337 kg/ha compare
- 8 Norway 3,247 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Europe?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Europe was 2,594 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,191 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,414 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.