Rape or colza seed — Yield in Italy
Italy: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,747 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 2,747 kg/ha for rape or colza seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Italy peaked at 3,085 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 864.9 kg/ha, in 1997.
Italy ranks 22nd 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,415 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,553 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 1,444 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 1,600 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1965 | 1,622 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 1,720 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 1,628 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 1,699 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 1,677 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 1,810 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 2,040 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1972 | 1,976 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 2,138 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 2,167 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 2,108 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 2,232 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 1,816 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1978 | 1,808 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 2,096 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1980 | 2,114 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 2,091 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 2,174 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 1,840 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1984 | 2,378 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1985 | 2,126 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 1,936 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1987 | 2,443 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1988 | 2,161 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1989 | 2,584 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1990 | 2,607 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 2,460 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 2,318 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 2,360 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 2,084 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 2,082 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,388 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 864.9 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 1998 | 885.1 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 1,140 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2000 | 1,130 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 1,060 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 1,392 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 2003 | 1,375 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 1,804 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 2005 | 1,748 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 1,686 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 2,090 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2008 | 2,602 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2009 | 2,024 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2010 | 2,466 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2011 | 2,338 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 2,383 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 2,148 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 2,503 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2015 | 2,293 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 2,572 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 2,660 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 2,749 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 2,685 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 2,890 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 3,085 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 2,886 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 2,745 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 2,747 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 2,747 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Italy's 2,747 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,595 kg/ha | 1,415 kg/ha | 1,720 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,019 kg/ha | 1,808 kg/ha | 2,232 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,185 kg/ha | 1,840 kg/ha | 2,584 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,819 kg/ha | 864.9 kg/ha | 2,607 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,691 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 2,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,480 kg/ha | 2,148 kg/ha | 2,749 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,871 kg/ha | 2,745 kg/ha | 3,085 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Italy?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Italy was 2,747 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 3,085 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 864.9 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Italy rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Italy ranks 22nd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.