Rapeseed (canola): production by country

Rapeseed (canola): the total weight produced in each country in a year, in tonnes. Which countries produce the most?

#1 Canada (19.2M t), #2 China (16.9M t), #3 India (13.3M t). The last place is Kyrgyzstan (31 t).

How to read this number

The total weight, in tonnes, of the crop or product harvested or produced in the country in a year, as reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Item: Rapeseed (canola).

Only countries with a production above zero are listed. Countries that grow or make none, or that have no FAO figure, are not ranked (they are not counted as zero). Many figures, especially for small countries, are estimated by the FAO, so small differences between countries are not reliable. Weather and harvests change the amounts from year to year.

  • Countries listed: 63 (of 193)
  • Data year: 2024

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryRapeseed (canola): productionYearBar
1 Canada 19,239,463 t 2024
2 China 16,868,900 t 2024
3 India 13,259,142 t 2024
4 Australia 6,396,000 t 2024
5 Russia 4,610,000 t 2024
6 France 3,941,140 t 2024
7 Germany 3,631,700 t 2024
8 Ukraine 3,591,300 t 2024
9 Poland 3,124,180 t 2024
10 United States 2,207,060 t 2024
11 Romania 1,180,840 t 2024
12 Belarus 1,040,288 t 2024
13 Czechia 946,890 t 2024
14 Lithuania 868,000 t 2024
15 United Kingdom 823,605 t 2024
16 Denmark 696,900 t 2024
17 Bangladesh 637,745 t 2024
18 Pakistan 452,804 t 2024
19 Hungary 450,360 t 2024
20 Slovakia 393,540 t 2024
21 Brazil 309,200 t 2024
22 South Africa 288,200 t 2024
23 Kazakhstan 286,087 t 2024
24 Sweden 283,600 t 2024
25 Iran 280,000 t 2024
26 Latvia 250,000 t 2024
27 Spain 224,790 t 2024
28 Uruguay 211,000 t 2024
29 Bulgaria 159,870 t 2024
30 Chile 123,068 t 2024
31 Serbia 97,674 t 2024
32 Estonia 96,070 t 2024
33 Moldova 86,547 t 2024
34 Paraguay 82,040 t 2024
35 Italy 80,840 t 2024
36 Switzerland 74,435 t 2024
37 Austria 71,490 t 2024
38 Ireland 65,620 t 2024
39 Türkiye 61,664 t 2024
40 Mongolia 59,354 t 2024
41 Croatia 53,090 t 2024
42 Finland 49,100 t 2024
43 Argentina 45,162 t 2024
44 Belgium 35,750 t 2024
45 Algeria 23,060 t 2024
46 Ethiopia 22,000 t 2024
47 Kenya 14,385 t 2024
48 Luxembourg 9,090 t 2024
49 Slovenia 8,260 t 2024
50 Greece 6,640 t 2024
51 Norway 6,000 t 2024
52 Tunisia 5,474 t 2024
53 Bosnia & Herzegovina 4,554 t 2024
54 Netherlands 4,440 t 2024
55 Japan 3,140 t 2024
56 New Zealand 2,238 t 2024
57= Morocco 2,000 t 2024
57= Mexico 2,000 t 2024
59 Uzbekistan 1,277 t 2024
60 South Korea 1,000 t 2024
61 North Macedonia 413 t 2024
62 Tajikistan 124 t 2024
63 Kyrgyzstan 31 t 2024

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 63 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat

How it has changed (1961–2024)

See how rapeseed (canola) production has changed across the world’s countries from 1961 to 2024.

  • The country ranked first was India (1.35M t) in 1961 and is Canada (19.2M t) in 2024. In between, the country ranked first changed 13 times. This is the first place among today’s countries: regions that later split, such as the former Soviet Union, have no values from before the split.
  • Japan’s rapeseed (canola) production went from 274K t in 1961 to 3.14K t in 2024 (down 270K t).
  • Japan ranked #3 of 27 countries in 1961 and #55 of 63 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
Rapeseed (canola) production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: Canada 19.2M t, China 16.9M t, India 13.3M t, Australia 6.4M t, Russia 4.61M t, Japan 3.14K t.010M20M30M1961197019801990200020102024CanadaCanadaChinaChinaIndiaIndiaAustraliaAustraliaRussiaRussiaJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
Canada254K t1.64M t2.48M t3.27M t7.21M t12.8M t19.5M t19.2M t
China380K t965K t2.38M t6.96M t11.4M t13.1M t14M t16.9M t
India1.35M t1.56M t1.43M t4.13M t5.79M t6.61M t9.12M t13.3M t
Australia–33.6K t17.2K t98.4K t1.78M t2.36M t4.76M t6.4M t
Russia––––149K t670K t2.57M t4.61M t
Japan274K t30.1K t4.14K t1.66K t650 t1.57K t3.58K t3.14K t
Countries with data2729313359626263

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