Afghanistan vs Western Asia: Linseed — Area harvested
Linseed — Area harvested over time
- Afghanistan
- Western Asia
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 33,102 ha against 624 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 32,478 ha.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 53.0 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 22nd of 64 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,733 ha | 37,557 ha | 9,176 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 52,460 ha | 14,728 ha | 37,732 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 47,960 ha | 6,582 ha | 41,378 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 30,664 ha | 1,643 ha | 29,020 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 9,790 ha | 729.6 ha | 9,060 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 12,340 ha | 477.4 ha | 11,863 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 32,425 ha | 551.4 ha | 31,874 ha | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher linseed — area harvested, Afghanistan or Western Asia?
- Afghanistan, at 33,102 ha against 624 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in linseed — area harvested between Afghanistan and Western Asia?
- 32,478 ha, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Western Asia rank globally for linseed — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 22nd of 64 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Linseed — 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.