Canada vs Eastern Africa: Linseed — Area harvested
Linseed — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Canada currently reports 201,400 ha against 82,552 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 118,848 ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 2.4 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 6th and Eastern Africa ranks 13th of 64 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 733,500 ha | 110,074 ha | 623,426 ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 670,956 ha | 80,417 ha | 590,540 ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 598,610 ha | 73,186 ha | 525,424 ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 640,840 ha | 102,491 ha | 538,349 ha | Canada |
| 2000s | 642,270 ha | 153,891 ha | 488,379 ha | Canada |
| 2010s | 410,800 ha | 90,985 ha | 319,815 ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 303,080 ha | 75,685 ha | 227,395 ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher linseed — area harvested, Canada or Eastern Africa?
- Canada, at 201,400 ha against 82,552 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in linseed — area harvested between Canada and Eastern Africa?
- 118,848 ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Eastern Africa rank globally for linseed — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 6th and Eastern Africa ranks 13th 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.