Rape or colza seed — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 3,135 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — yield in Western Europe stood at 3,135 kg/ha.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Western Europe peaked at 4,059 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,576 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Western Europe 2nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,576 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,870 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1963 | 1,595 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1964 | 1,834 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1965 | 1,945 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 1,855 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 2,198 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1968 | 2,065 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 1,772 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1970 | 1,860 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 2,098 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1972 | 2,241 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 2,049 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 2,255 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1975 | 2,133 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 2,152 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,970 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 2,478 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1979 | 2,158 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1980 | 2,731 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1981 | 2,258 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1982 | 2,601 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1983 | 2,234 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1984 | 2,837 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1985 | 2,940 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 2,886 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 3,244 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 2,921 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 3,022 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 2,886 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 3,145 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 2,647 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1993 | 2,813 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 2,712 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 3,196 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1996 | 2,790 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1997 | 3,320 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1998 | 3,289 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 3,399 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 3,102 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2001 | 3,156 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 3,059 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 2,961 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 3,841 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2005 | 3,710 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 3,342 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2007 | 3,161 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 3,526 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 4,005 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 3,584 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2011 | 3,212 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 3,512 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 3,496 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 4,059 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2015 | 3,702 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 3,248 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2017 | 3,537 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 3,048 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 3,230 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 3,296 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 3,428 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 3,795 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 3,366 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 3,135 kg/ha | -6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,856 kg/ha | 1,576 kg/ha | 2,198 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,139 kg/ha | 1,860 kg/ha | 2,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,768 kg/ha | 2,234 kg/ha | 3,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,020 kg/ha | 2,647 kg/ha | 3,399 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,386 kg/ha | 2,961 kg/ha | 4,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,463 kg/ha | 3,048 kg/ha | 4,059 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,404 kg/ha | 3,135 kg/ha | 3,795 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Western Europe?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Western Europe was 3,135 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,059 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,576 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 2nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.