Australia vs Southern Europe: Linseed — Area harvested
Linseed — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Australia currently reports 7,000 ha against 660 ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 6,340 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 10.6 times Southern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 20th and Southern Europe ranks 21st of 64 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Southern Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,213 ha | 14,796 ha | 17,416 ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 23,619 ha | 5,551 ha | 18,068 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 6,475 ha | 1,080 ha | 5,394 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 7,337 ha | 13,052 ha | 5,715 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 8,840 ha | 11,826 ha | 2,986 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 6,900 ha | 2,423 ha | 4,477 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 7,000 ha | 610 ha | 6,390 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher linseed — area harvested, Australia or Southern Europe?
- Australia, at 7,000 ha against 660 ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in linseed — area harvested between Australia and Southern Europe?
- 6,340 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Southern Europe rank globally for linseed — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 20th and Southern Europe ranks 21st 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.