Rape or colza seed — Yield in Norway
Norway: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 3,247 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 3,247 kg/ha for rape or colza seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.3% on the previous year and up 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Norway peaked at 4,455 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,027 kg/ha, in 1972.
Norway ranks 8th of 67 countries 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 Norway, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,099 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,128 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 1,190 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 1,199 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 1,128 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 1,210 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1967 | 1,465 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1968 | 1,688 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1969 | 1,198 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1970 | 1,332 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1971 | 1,254 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 1,027 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1973 | 1,708 kg/ha | +66.3% |
| 1974 | 1,843 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 1,401 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1976 | 1,426 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 1,846 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1978 | 1,784 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 1,614 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1980 | 1,646 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 1,616 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 1,741 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 1,630 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 1,853 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1985 | 1,641 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 1,530 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 1,720 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 1,440 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 1,624 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 1,804 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 1,272 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1992 | 1,302 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 1,732 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1994 | 1,329 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1995 | 1,541 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1996 | 1,593 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 1,564 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 1,537 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,630 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 1,587 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 1,772 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2002 | 1,624 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 1,502 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 1,795 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2005 | 1,678 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 1,466 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 1,453 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 2,037 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 2009 | 1,588 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2010 | 1,719 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 1,655 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 2,066 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2013 | 1,745 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2014 | 2,366 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 2015 | 2,989 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2016 | 2,762 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 4,455 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 2018 | 2,213 kg/ha | -50.3% |
| 2019 | 4,385 kg/ha | +98.1% |
| 2020 | 2,415 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 2021 | 3,731 kg/ha | +54.5% |
| 2022 | 3,137 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2023 | 2,591 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2024 | 3,247 kg/ha | +25.3% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 3,247 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Norway's 3,247 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,256 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 1,688 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,523 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 1,846 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,644 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,530 kg/ha | 1,272 kg/ha | 1,804 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,650 kg/ha | 1,453 kg/ha | 2,037 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,635 kg/ha | 1,655 kg/ha | 4,455 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,024 kg/ha | 2,415 kg/ha | 3,731 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,553 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7644 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1643 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Norway?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Norway was 3,247 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 4,455 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,027 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Norway rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Norway ranks 8th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.