Rape or colza seed — Yield in Romania
Romania: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,261 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 2,261 kg/ha for rape or colza seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 19.0% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Romania peaked at 3,084 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1962.
Romania ranks 30th 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 561.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 600 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1965 | 700 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 600 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 1969 | 1,750 kg/ha | +75.0% |
| 1970 | 1,786 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 kg/ha | +68.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,256 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1974 | 1,684 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1975 | 1,341 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1976 | 1,652 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1977 | 1,425 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1978 | 1,405 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 1,349 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 1,322 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 1,084 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1982 | 913.7 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1983 | 931.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 1,134 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1985 | 590.2 kg/ha | -48.0% |
| 1986 | 566 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 641.7 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1988 | 1,050 kg/ha | +63.7% |
| 1989 | 909.1 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1990 | 838.5 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1991 | 994.4 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1992 | 791.2 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1993 | 929.4 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1994 | 941.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,178 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1996 | 1,086 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 1,695 kg/ha | +56.0% |
| 1998 | 1,104 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1999 | 1,320 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 1,315 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 1,259 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 658.1 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 2003 | 634 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 2,058 kg/ha | +224.7% |
| 2005 | 1,752 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2006 | 1,707 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 1,178 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 2008 | 1,883 kg/ha | +59.8% |
| 2009 | 1,375 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 2010 | 1,789 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2011 | 1,895 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 1,622 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2013 | 2,414 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 2014 | 2,617 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 2,512 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 2,841 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 2,800 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,546 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 2,264 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 2,150 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 3,084 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 2022 | 2,622 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2023 | 2,790 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 2,261 kg/ha | -19.0% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 2,261 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Romania's 2,261 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — Yield in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +224.7% | 634 kg/ha | 2,058 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 812.36 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,890 kg/ha | 1,341 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 914.32 kg/ha | 566 kg/ha | 1,322 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,088 kg/ha | 791.2 kg/ha | 1,695 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,382 kg/ha | 634 kg/ha | 2,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,330 kg/ha | 1,622 kg/ha | 2,841 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,581 kg/ha | 2,150 kg/ha | 3,084 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Romania?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Romania was 2,261 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 3,084 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Romania rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Romania ranks 30th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.