China vs Eastern Europe: Flax, raw or retted — Production
Flax, raw or retted — Production over time
- China
- Eastern Europe
How they compare
Eastern Europe currently reports 64,025 t against 29,270 t in China, a difference of 34,755 t.
That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 2.2 times China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Europe ahead.
China ranks 5th and Eastern Europe ranks 5th of 44 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Eastern Europe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,739 t | 535,344 t | 471,605 t | Eastern Europe |
| 1970s | 89,579 t | 548,971 t | 459,392 t | Eastern Europe |
| 1980s | 199,688 t | 439,718 t | 240,030 t | Eastern Europe |
| 1990s | 224,557 t | 196,904 t | 27,653 t | China |
| 2000s | 396,525 t | 115,725 t | 280,800 t | China |
| 2010s | 26,389 t | 86,273 t | 59,884 t | Eastern Europe |
| 2020s | 27,459 t | 71,443 t | 43,984 t | Eastern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher flax, raw or retted — production, China or Eastern Europe?
- Eastern Europe, at 64,025 t against 29,270 t in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in flax, raw or retted — production between China and Eastern Europe?
- 34,755 t, with Eastern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Europe rank globally for flax, raw or retted — production?
- China ranks 5th and Eastern Europe ranks 5th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Flax, raw or retted — Production. 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.