Rapeseed production by country

Rapeseed production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
62
Highest
19.24 million tonnes
Canada
Lowest
0 tonnes
Colombia
Median
96,872 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
3,144

What the numbers show

Rapeseed production is currently reported for 62 countries. The highest value is 19.24 million tonnes in Canada; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 96,872 tonnes, and the mean is 1.42 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 1,218.8%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 94.5%).

Rapeseed production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Canada 19.24 million tonnes 2024 up 17.2% volatile
2 China 16.87 million tonnes 2024 up 14.2% volatile
3 India 13.26 million tonnes 2024 up 68.3% volatile
4 Australia 6.40 million tonnes 2024 up 80.7% volatile
5 Russia 4.61 million tonnes 2024 up 244.6% volatile
6 France 3.94 million tonnes 2024 down 28.7% volatile
7 Germany 3.63 million tonnes 2024 down 41.9% volatile
8 Ukraine 3.59 million tonnes 2024 up 63.4% volatile
9 Poland 3.12 million tonnes 2024 down 4.6% volatile
10 United States 2.21 million tonnes 2024 up 93.5% volatile
11 Romania 1.18 million tonnes 2024 up 11.5% volatile
12 Belarus 1.04 million tonnes 2024 up 42.6% volatile
13 Czechia 946,890 tonnes 2024 down 38.4% rising
14 Lithuania 868,000 tonnes 2024 up 73.1% volatile
15 United Kingdom 823,605 tonnes 2024 down 66.5% volatile
16 Denmark 696,900 tonnes 2024 down 1.7% volatile
17 Bangladesh 637,745 tonnes 2024 up 115.5% rising
18 Pakistan 452,804 tonnes 2024 up 105.7% rising
19 Hungary 450,360 tonnes 2024 down 35.6% volatile
20 Slovakia 393,540 tonnes 2024 down 12.3% rising
21 Brazil 309,200 tonnes 2024 up 462.2% volatile
22 South Africa 288,200 tonnes 2024 up 138.2% volatile
23 Kazakhstan 286,087 tonnes 2024 up 18.5% volatile
24 Sweden 283,600 tonnes 2024 down 12.1% rising
25 Iran 280,000 tonnes 2024 up 91.8% volatile
26 Latvia 250,000 tonnes 2024 up 34.8% volatile
27 Spain 224,790 tonnes 2024 up 115.6% volatile
28 Uruguay 211,000 tonnes 2024 up 1,218.8% volatile
29 Bulgaria 159,870 tonnes 2024 down 69.7% volatile
30 Chile 123,068 tonnes 2024 down 9.7% volatile
31 Serbia 97,674 tonnes 2024 up 210.9% volatile
32 Estonia 96,070 tonnes 2024 down 42.3% volatile
33 Moldova 86,547 tonnes 2024 up 27.0% volatile
34 Paraguay 82,040 tonnes 2024 down 26.8% volatile
35 Italy 80,840 tonnes 2024 up 94.2% volatile
36 Switzerland 74,435 tonnes 2024 down 20.8% rising
37 Austria 71,490 tonnes 2024 down 63.9% volatile
39 Turkey 61,664 tonnes 2024 down 43.9% volatile
40 Mongolia 59,354 tonnes 2024 up 14.3% volatile
41 Croatia 53,090 tonnes 2024 down 25.5% volatile
42 Finland 49,100 tonnes 2024 down 20.9% volatile
43 Argentina 45,162 tonnes 2024 down 59.6% volatile
44 Belgium 35,750 tonnes 2024 down 38.9% rising
45 Algeria 23,060 tonnes 2024 down 2.0% volatile
46 Ethiopia 22,000 tonnes 2024 down 69.0% volatile
48 Slovenia 8,260 tonnes 2024 down 58.5% volatile
49 Greece 6,640 tonnes 2024 down 18.8% volatile
50 Norway 6,000 tonnes 2024 down 38.1% rising
51 Tunisia 5,474 tonnes 2024 up 51.3% rising
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,554 tonnes 2024 up 122.5% volatile
53 Netherlands 4,440 tonnes 2024 down 56.6% volatile
54 Japan 3,140 tonnes 2024 up 76.4% volatile
55 New Zealand 2,238 tonnes 2024 down 15.7% volatile
56 Morocco 2,000 tonnes 2024 unchanged volatile
56 Mexico 2,000 tonnes 2024 unchanged volatile
58 Uzbekistan 1,277 tonnes 2024 up 6.4% flat
59 South Korea 1,000 tonnes 2024 unchanged volatile
60 North Macedonia 413 tonnes 2024 down 94.5% volatile
61 Tajikistan 124.32 tonnes 2024 up 117.0% volatile
62 Kyrgyzstan 31 tonnes 2024 volatile
63 Taiwan 7.98 tonnes 2024 up 4.5% volatile
64 Colombia 0 tonnes 1992 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Rapeseed production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
66 places, 3,144 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Rapeseed production is measured in tonnes.