Eastern Africa vs France: Linseed — Area harvested
Linseed — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- France
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 82,552 ha against 22,930 ha in France, a difference of 59,622 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 3.6 times France's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th and France ranks 12th of 23 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110,074 ha | 57,426 ha | 52,647 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 80,417 ha | 45,526 ha | 34,891 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 73,186 ha | 49,500 ha | 23,686 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 102,491 ha | 17,710 ha | 84,781 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 153,891 ha | 11,272 ha | 142,619 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 90,985 ha | 19,008 ha | 71,976 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 75,685 ha | 29,658 ha | 46,027 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher linseed — area harvested, Eastern Africa or France?
- Eastern Africa, at 82,552 ha against 22,930 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in linseed — area harvested between Eastern Africa and France?
- 59,622 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and France?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and France rank globally for linseed — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th and France ranks 12th of 23 groups.
- 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.