Rape or colza seed — Yield in Spain
Spain: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,284 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Spain, 1969–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rape or colza seed — yield in Spain is 2,284 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 49.5% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Spain peaked at 2,744 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 566.7 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Spain 29th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1970 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,222 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 2,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 1,987 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 1,810 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 2,000 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 1,750 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 1,500 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1979 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 566.7 kg/ha | -62.2% |
| 1981 | 731.3 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1982 | 731.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 618.8 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1984 | 1,168 kg/ha | +88.8% |
| 1985 | 1,223 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 1,249 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1,699 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 1988 | 1,939 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1989 | 1,516 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1990 | 1,233 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1991 | 1,446 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1992 | 1,511 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 1,262 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1994 | 807.5 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 1995 | 583.3 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1996 | 1,107 kg/ha | +89.7% |
| 1997 | 1,477 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 1998 | 1,546 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 1,184 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 2000 | 1,580 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 2001 | 2,325 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 2002 | 1,583 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 2003 | 1,338 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2004 | 1,589 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2005 | 1,209 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2006 | 1,446 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2007 | 1,754 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 1,912 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 1,594 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2010 | 1,811 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 1,991 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 1,859 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 2,564 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 2014 | 2,415 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 2,100 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 2,462 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2017 | 1,604 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 2018 | 2,292 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 2019 | 2,060 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 2,744 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 2021 | 2,587 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 1,957 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2023 | 1,527 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2024 | 2,284 kg/ha | +49.5% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 2,284 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Spain's 2,284 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1970s | 1,877 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,144 kg/ha | 566.7 kg/ha | 1,939 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,216 kg/ha | 583.3 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,633 kg/ha | 1,209 kg/ha | 2,325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,116 kg/ha | 1,604 kg/ha | 2,564 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,220 kg/ha | 1,527 kg/ha | 2,744 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Spain?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Spain was 2,284 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 2,744 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 566.7 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Spain rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Spain ranks 29th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.