Eastern Africa vs India: Linseed — Area harvested
Linseed — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 174,975 ha against 82,552 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 92,423 ha.
That makes India's figure about 2.1 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th and India ranks 7th of 23 groups.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110,074 ha | 1.82 million ha | 1.71 million ha | India |
| 1970s | 80,417 ha | 1.97 million ha | 1.89 million ha | India |
| 1980s | 73,186 ha | 1.43 million ha | 1.36 million ha | India |
| 1990s | 102,491 ha | 914,410 ha | 811,919 ha | India |
| 2000s | 153,891 ha | 482,280 ha | 328,389 ha | India |
| 2010s | 90,985 ha | 302,018 ha | 211,033 ha | India |
| 2020s | 75,685 ha | 193,075 ha | 117,390 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher linseed — area harvested, Eastern Africa or India?
- India, at 174,975 ha against 82,552 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in linseed — area harvested between Eastern Africa and India?
- 92,423 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and India rank globally for linseed — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th and India ranks 7th 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.