Belarus vs Northern Europe: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested over time
- Belarus
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Belarus currently reports 35,500 ha against 9,900 ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 25,600 ha.
That makes Belarus's figure about 3.6 times Northern Europe's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Belarus has been ahead every year.
Belarus ranks 3rd and Northern Europe ranks 6th of 43 countries.
Belarus has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88,088 ha | 24,352 ha | 63,735 ha | Belarus |
| 2000s | 72,111 ha | 20,624 ha | 51,488 ha | Belarus |
| 2010s | 50,123 ha | 10,221 ha | 39,902 ha | Belarus |
| 2020s | 40,940 ha | 9,935 ha | 31,006 ha | Belarus |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher flax, raw or retted — area harvested, Belarus or Northern Europe?
- Belarus, at 35,500 ha against 9,900 ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in flax, raw or retted — area harvested between Belarus and Northern Europe?
- 25,600 ha, with Belarus ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Northern Europe?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do Belarus and Northern Europe rank globally for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Belarus ranks 3rd and Northern Europe ranks 6th of 43 countries.
- 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.