Australia and New Zealand vs Western Europe: Linseed — Area harvested
Linseed — Area harvested over time
- Australia and New Zealand
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 29,000 ha against 8,750 ha in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 20,250 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 3.3 times Australia and New Zealand's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 19th and Western Europe ranks 17th of 64 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia and New Zealand | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,389 ha | 118,293 ha | 80,905 ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 28,710 ha | 64,101 ha | 35,391 ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 7,046 ha | 62,526 ha | 55,479 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 7,692 ha | 101,285 ha | 93,593 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 9,866 ha | 56,415 ha | 46,550 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 8,527 ha | 36,080 ha | 27,553 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 8,759 ha | 36,896 ha | 28,137 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher linseed — area harvested, Australia and New Zealand or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 29,000 ha against 8,750 ha in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in linseed — area harvested between Australia and New Zealand and Western Europe?
- 20,250 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and New Zealand and Western Europe rank globally for linseed — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 19th and Western Europe ranks 17th 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.