Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in China
China: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 7,290 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
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 China is 7,290 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in China peaked at 158,959 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,675 ha, in 2017.
That places China 10th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, 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 China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,406 ha | — |
| 1962 | 43,089 ha | +15.2% |
| 1963 | 43,986 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 49,517 ha | +12.6% |
| 1965 | 50,524 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 44,168 ha | -12.6% |
| 1967 | 43,964 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 49,489 ha | +12.6% |
| 1969 | 46,256 ha | -6.5% |
| 1970 | 48,125 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 47,378 ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 45,712 ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 47,677 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 49,501 ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 52,031 ha | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 53,161 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 53,795 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 54,724 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 103,000 ha | +88.2% |
| 1980 | 113,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 118,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 123,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 128,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 131,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 135,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 139,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 141,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 145,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 99,900 ha | -31.1% |
| 1990 | 89,867 ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 108,230 ha | +20.4% |
| 1992 | 81,500 ha | -24.7% |
| 1993 | 70,700 ha | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 94,500 ha | +33.7% |
| 1995 | 114,850 ha | +21.5% |
| 1996 | 93,920 ha | -18.2% |
| 1997 | 62,730 ha | -33.2% |
| 1998 | 40,690 ha | -35.1% |
| 1999 | 55,000 ha | +35.2% |
| 2000 | 97,500 ha | +77.3% |
| 2001 | 142,823 ha | +46.5% |
| 2002 | 139,909 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 156,676 ha | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 154,340 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 158,959 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 87,881 ha | -44.7% |
| 2007 | 67,851 ha | -22.8% |
| 2008 | 57,620 ha | -15.1% |
| 2009 | 18,610 ha | -67.7% |
| 2010 | 9,510 ha | -48.9% |
| 2011 | 6,720 ha | -29.3% |
| 2012 | 7,325 ha | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 5,200 ha | -29.0% |
| 2014 | 10,000 ha | +92.3% |
| 2015 | 3,398 ha | -66.0% |
| 2016 | 3,489 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 2,675 ha | -23.3% |
| 2018 | 4,133 ha | +54.5% |
| 2019 | 4,926 ha | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 5,035 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 7,089 ha | +40.8% |
| 2022 | 7,254 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 7,290 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 7,290 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +92.3% | 5,200 ha | 10,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,378 ha | 37,406 ha | 50,524 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,510 ha | 45,712 ha | 103,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 127,290 ha | 99,900 ha | 145,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,199 ha | 40,690 ha | 114,850 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 108,217 ha | 18,610 ha | 158,959 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,738 ha | 2,675 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,792 ha | 5,035 ha | 7,290 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 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
- 11 China, mainland 6,800 ha compare
- 12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,540 ha compare
- 13 Chile 2,900 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in China?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in China was 7,290 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 158,959 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,675 ha in 2017.
- How does China rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- China ranks 10th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.