Americas vs Egypt: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 8,600 ha against 5,700 ha in Americas, a difference of 2,900 ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.5 times Americas's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 11th and Egypt ranks 9th of 15 groups.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,466 ha | 12,316 ha | 6,850 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 4,377 ha | 19,144 ha | 14,767 ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 4,265 ha | 18,427 ha | 14,162 ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 4,573 ha | 13,786 ha | 9,213 ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 5,193 ha | 10,010 ha | 4,817 ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 5,649 ha | 9,252 ha | 3,603 ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 5,708 ha | 8,596 ha | 2,888 ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher flax, raw or retted — area harvested, Americas or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 8,600 ha against 5,700 ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in flax, raw or retted — area harvested between Americas and Egypt?
- 2,900 ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Egypt?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Egypt rank globally for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th and Egypt ranks 9th 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.