Africa vs China: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- China
How they compare
Africa currently reports 8,600 ha against 7,290 ha in China, a difference of 1,310 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.2 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
Africa ranks 7th and China ranks 10th of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 2 and China in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,316 ha | 45,378 ha | 33,062 ha | China |
| 1970s | 19,144 ha | 55,510 ha | 36,366 ha | China |
| 1980s | 18,427 ha | 127,290 ha | 108,863 ha | China |
| 1990s | 13,786 ha | 81,199 ha | 67,413 ha | China |
| 2000s | 10,010 ha | 108,217 ha | 98,207 ha | China |
| 2010s | 9,252 ha | 5,738 ha | 3,514 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 8,596 ha | 6,792 ha | 1,804 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher flax, raw or retted — area harvested, Africa or China?
- Africa, at 8,600 ha against 7,290 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in flax, raw or retted — area harvested between Africa and China?
- 1,310 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China rank globally for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 7th and China ranks 10th of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.