Eastern Europe vs France: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Europe
- France
How they compare
France currently reports 158,290 ha against 69,260 ha in Eastern Europe, a difference of 89,030 ha.
That makes France's figure about 2.3 times Eastern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Europe ahead.
Eastern Europe ranks 5th and France ranks 2nd of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Europe averaged higher in 6 and France in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Europe | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.68 million ha | 57,426 ha | 1.62 million ha | Eastern Europe |
| 1970s | 1.40 million ha | 45,526 ha | 1.35 million ha | Eastern Europe |
| 1980s | 1.15 million ha | 49,500 ha | 1.10 million ha | Eastern Europe |
| 1990s | 428,600 ha | 45,750 ha | 382,850 ha | Eastern Europe |
| 2000s | 180,158 ha | 70,285 ha | 109,873 ha | Eastern Europe |
| 2010s | 97,089 ha | 80,372 ha | 16,717 ha | Eastern Europe |
| 2020s | 78,133 ha | 134,398 ha | 56,265 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher flax, raw or retted — area harvested, Eastern Europe or France?
- France, at 158,290 ha against 69,260 ha in Eastern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in flax, raw or retted — area harvested between Eastern Europe and France?
- 89,030 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Europe and France?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Europe and France rank globally for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 5th and France ranks 2nd 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.