China (People’s Republic of) vs USSR: Linseed — Area harvested

China (People’s Republic of)
220,000 ha
in 2024
USSR
680,000 ha
in 1991
China (People’s Republic of) rank
4th
USSR rank
3rd

Linseed — Area harvested over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • USSR
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

USSR currently reports 680,000 ha against 220,000 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 460,000 ha.

That makes USSR's figure about 3.1 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 4th and USSR ranks 3rd of 64 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 41,444 ha 1.76 million ha 1.71 million ha USSR
1970s 48,480 ha 1.40 million ha 1.35 million ha USSR
1980s 233,800 ha 1.09 million ha 859,000 ha USSR
1990s 582,500 ha 765,000 ha 182,500 ha USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher linseed — area harvested, China (People’s Republic of) or USSR?
USSR, at 680,000 ha against 220,000 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 1991.
What is the difference in linseed — area harvested between China (People’s Republic of) and USSR?
460,000 ha, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and USSR rank globally for linseed — area harvested?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 4th and USSR ranks 3rd 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

Indicator
Linseed — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
92 places, 4,756 data points, 1961–2024
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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.