Chile vs South America: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested over time
- Chile
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 5,700 ha against 2,900 ha in Chile, a difference of 2,800 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.0 times Chile's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Chile ranks 13th and South America ranks 11th of 43 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 ha | 5,466 ha | 3,466 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 1,720 ha | 4,377 ha | 2,657 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 2,000 ha | 4,265 ha | 2,265 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 1,825 ha | 4,573 ha | 2,748 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 2,409 ha | 5,193 ha | 2,784 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 2,697 ha | 5,649 ha | 2,952 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 2,878 ha | 5,708 ha | 2,829 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher flax, raw or retted — area harvested, Chile or South America?
- South America, at 5,700 ha against 2,900 ha in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in flax, raw or retted — area harvested between Chile and South America?
- 2,800 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Chile and South America rank globally for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 13th and South America ranks 11th 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.