Asia vs France: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- France
How they compare
France currently reports 158,290 ha against 7,304 ha in Asia, a difference of 150,986 ha.
That makes France's figure about 21.7 times Asia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
Asia ranks 1st and France ranks 2nd of 2 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 4 and France in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,657 ha | 57,426 ha | 5,770 ha | France |
| 1970s | 55,904 ha | 45,526 ha | 10,378 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 127,320 ha | 49,500 ha | 77,820 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 81,242 ha | 45,750 ha | 35,493 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 108,250 ha | 70,285 ha | 37,965 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 5,743 ha | 80,372 ha | 74,629 ha | France |
| 2020s | 6,802 ha | 134,398 ha | 127,596 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher flax, raw or retted — area harvested, Asia or France?
- France, at 158,290 ha against 7,304 ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in flax, raw or retted — area harvested between Asia and France?
- 150,986 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and France?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and France rank globally for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and France ranks 2nd of 2 regions.
- 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.