Canada vs Southern Asia: Linseed — Area harvested
Linseed — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 225,450 ha against 201,400 ha in Canada, a difference of 24,050 ha.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Asia ahead.
Canada ranks 6th and Southern Asia ranks 8th of 64 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and Southern Asia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 733,500 ha | 1.92 million ha | 1.19 million ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 670,956 ha | 2.10 million ha | 1.43 million ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 598,610 ha | 1.60 million ha | 996,514 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 640,840 ha | 1.05 million ha | 406,147 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 642,270 ha | 517,785 ha | 124,485 ha | Canada |
| 2010s | 410,800 ha | 337,625 ha | 73,175 ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 303,080 ha | 244,188 ha | 58,892 ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher linseed — area harvested, Canada or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 225,450 ha against 201,400 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in linseed — area harvested between Canada and Southern Asia?
- 24,050 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Southern Asia rank globally for linseed — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 6th and Southern Asia ranks 8th 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.