Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg
Belgium-Luxembourg: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 12,003 ha in 1999. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg, 1961–1999
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg is 12,003 ha, measured in 1999.
That represents a change of up 10.8% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg peaked at 39,187 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 6,352 ha, in 1981.
That places Belgium-Luxembourg 6th out of 43 countries with data for 1999, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,645 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,696 ha | +22.7% |
| 1963 | 33,917 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 39,187 ha | +15.5% |
| 1965 | 27,012 ha | -31.1% |
| 1966 | 23,554 ha | -12.8% |
| 1967 | 14,012 ha | -40.5% |
| 1968 | 14,621 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 15,576 ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 8,203 ha | -47.3% |
| 1971 | 12,453 ha | +51.8% |
| 1972 | 8,051 ha | -35.3% |
| 1973 | 6,647 ha | -17.4% |
| 1974 | 9,066 ha | +36.4% |
| 1975 | 9,291 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 8,999 ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 9,987 ha | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 8,548 ha | -14.4% |
| 1979 | 7,288 ha | -14.7% |
| 1980 | 7,257 ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 6,352 ha | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 7,678 ha | +20.9% |
| 1983 | 7,313 ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 9,662 ha | +32.1% |
| 1985 | 10,610 ha | +9.8% |
| 1986 | 7,639 ha | -28.0% |
| 1987 | 9,835 ha | +28.7% |
| 1988 | 10,649 ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 11,486 ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 11,722 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 9,675 ha | -17.5% |
| 1992 | 7,142 ha | -26.2% |
| 1993 | 9,218 ha | +29.1% |
| 1994 | 11,107 ha | +20.5% |
| 1995 | 11,011 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 11,261 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 11,303 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 10,833 ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 12,003 ha | +10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,247 ha | 14,012 ha | 39,187 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,853 ha | 6,647 ha | 12,453 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,848 ha | 6,352 ha | 11,486 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,528 ha | 7,142 ha | 12,003 ha | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belgium-Luxembourg
- 3 Belarus 35,500 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 32,500 ha compare
- 5 Belgium 18,690 ha
- 7 Czechoslovakia 11,433 ha compare
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,900 ha compare
- 9 Egypt 8,600 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belgium-Luxembourg was 12,003 ha in 1999, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 39,187 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,352 ha in 1981.
- How does Belgium-Luxembourg rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 6th out of 43 countries with data for 1999.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium-Luxembourg 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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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.