Canada vs China: Linseed — Area harvested
Linseed — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 220,000 ha against 201,400 ha in Canada, a difference of 18,600 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 6th and China ranks 4th of 67 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 733,500 ha | 41,444 ha | 692,055 ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 670,956 ha | 48,480 ha | 622,476 ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 598,610 ha | 233,800 ha | 364,810 ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 640,840 ha | 606,880 ha | 33,960 ha | Canada |
| 2000s | 642,270 ha | 429,170 ha | 213,100 ha | Canada |
| 2010s | 410,800 ha | 299,015 ha | 111,785 ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 303,080 ha | 228,000 ha | 75,080 ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher linseed — area harvested, Canada or China?
- China, at 220,000 ha against 201,400 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in linseed — area harvested between Canada and China?
- 18,600 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and China rank globally for linseed — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 6th and China ranks 4th of 67 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.