Rape or colza seed — Yield in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,479 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 2,479 kg/ha for rape or colza seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 12.3% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Southern Europe peaked at 2,791 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,210 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Southern Europe 6th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,253 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,374 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1963 | 1,247 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 1,430 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1965 | 1,460 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 1,482 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 1,450 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 1,472 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 1,677 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1970 | 1,679 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 2,028 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1972 | 1,590 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1973 | 1,924 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1974 | 2,152 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 1,872 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1976 | 2,145 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1977 | 1,972 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 2,010 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 2,121 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 1,377 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1981 | 1,556 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 1,467 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 1,739 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1984 | 2,077 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 1,912 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 2,160 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1987 | 2,391 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 2,235 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 2,076 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 1,950 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 2,152 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 1,943 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 1,816 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 1,220 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1995 | 1,215 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 1,249 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 1,210 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 1,278 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 1,297 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 1,529 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2001 | 1,693 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 1,734 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 1,623 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 2,081 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2005 | 1,942 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 1,932 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 2,295 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2008 | 2,613 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 2,244 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 2,167 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 2,355 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 2,217 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 2,477 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2014 | 2,701 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 2,250 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 2,627 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 2,122 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2018 | 2,630 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2019 | 2,377 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 2,791 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2021 | 2,681 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 2,300 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2023 | 2,207 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 2,479 kg/ha | +12.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,427 kg/ha | 1,247 kg/ha | 1,677 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,949 kg/ha | 1,590 kg/ha | 2,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,899 kg/ha | 1,377 kg/ha | 2,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,533 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 2,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,969 kg/ha | 1,529 kg/ha | 2,613 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,392 kg/ha | 2,122 kg/ha | 2,701 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,492 kg/ha | 2,207 kg/ha | 2,791 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Southern Europe?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Southern Europe was 2,479 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,791 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,210 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Southern Europe rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Southern Europe ranks 6th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.