Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Belarus
Belarus: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 35,500 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Belarus, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 35,500 ha for flax, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belarus peaked at 125,000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 35,500 ha, in 2023.
That places Belarus 3rd out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88,088 ha | 72,200 ha | 125,000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 72,111 ha | 64,785 ha | 82,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,123 ha | 40,294 ha | 61,177 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,940 ha | 35,500 ha | 46,702 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 1 USSR 632,000 ha
- 2 France 158,290 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 32,500 ha compare
- 5 Belgium 18,690 ha compare
- 6 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,003 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belarus
- Agriculture share gdp 6.9 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.9 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2021)
- Rural population 20.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 1.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 346,979 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belarus?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belarus was 35,500 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 125,000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,500 ha in 2023.
- How does Belarus rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Belarus ranks 3rd out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus 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.