Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 5,700 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 5,700 ha for flax, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Americas peaked at 7,000 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 3,550 ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,466 ha | 4,130 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,377 ha | 3,550 ha | 5,350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,265 ha | 4,200 ha | 4,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,573 ha | 4,117 ha | 4,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,193 ha | 4,803 ha | 5,536 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,649 ha | 5,500 ha | 5,794 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,708 ha | 5,699 ha | 5,740 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
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- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 397,122 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.37 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 191.53 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Americas?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Americas was 5,700 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,550 ha in 1973.
- How does Americas rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 12th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.