Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 18,690 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 18,690 ha for flax, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.2% on the previous year and up 61.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 20,407 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 2013.
That places Belgium 5th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15,945 ha | 11,277 ha | 20,407 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,893 ha | 10,000 ha | 15,957 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,484 ha | 14,810 ha | 18,690 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 2 France 158,290 ha compare
- 3 Belarus 35,500 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 32,500 ha compare
- 6 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,003 ha
- 7 Czechoslovakia 11,433 ha
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,900 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7302 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7302 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 1.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belgium?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Belgium was 18,690 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 20,407 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 2013.
- How does Belgium rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 5th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium 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.