Eastern Europe vs USSR: Linseed — Production

Eastern Europe
1.27 million t
in 2024
USSR
140,000 t
in 1991
Eastern Europe rank
2nd
USSR rank
6th

Linseed — Production over time

  • Eastern Europe
  • USSR
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

Eastern Europe currently reports 1.27 million t against 140,000 t in USSR, a difference of 1.13 million t.

That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 9.0 times USSR's.

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

Eastern Europe ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 6th of 18 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Europe USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 590,389 t 472,333 t 118,056 t Eastern Europe
1970s 483,318 t 353,100 t 130,218 t Eastern Europe
1980s 300,805 t 218,000 t 82,805 t Eastern Europe
1990s 228,698 t 168,500 t 60,198 t Eastern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher linseed — production, Eastern Europe or USSR?
Eastern Europe, at 1.27 million t against 140,000 t in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in linseed — production between Eastern Europe and USSR?
1.13 million t, with Eastern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Europe and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Eastern Europe and USSR rank globally for linseed — production?
Eastern Europe ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 6th of 18 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Linseed — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Linseed — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
91 places, 4,726 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.