Europe vs Russian Federation: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested

Europe
260,370 ha
in 2024
Russian Federation
32,500 ha
in 2024
Europe rank
2nd
Russian Federation rank
4th

Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested over time

  • Europe
  • Russian Federation
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How they compare

Europe currently reports 260,370 ha against 32,500 ha in Russian Federation, a difference of 227,870 ha.

That makes Europe's figure about 8.0 times Russian Federation's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.

Europe ranks 2nd and Russian Federation ranks 4th of 15 groups.

Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe Russian Federation Difference Ahead
1990s 472,300 ha 166,195 ha 306,106 ha Europe
2000s 295,155 ha 81,912 ha 213,243 ha Europe
2010s 203,063 ha 45,098 ha 157,965 ha Europe
2020s 241,828 ha 35,874 ha 205,954 ha Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher flax, raw or retted — area harvested, Europe or Russian Federation?
Europe, at 260,370 ha against 32,500 ha in Russian Federation as of 2024.
What is the difference in flax, raw or retted — area harvested between Europe and Russian Federation?
227,870 ha, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Russian Federation?
33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
How do Europe and Russian Federation rank globally for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
Europe ranks 2nd and Russian Federation ranks 4th 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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Indicator
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
60 places, 2,675 data points, 1961–2024
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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.