Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 7,290 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 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 Eastern Asia 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 Eastern Asia peaked at 158,959 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,675 ha, in 2017.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,657 ha | 45,919 ha | 58,199 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,904 ha | 46,034 ha | 103,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 127,320 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 Eastern Asia
- 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
- 10 China (People’s Republic of) 7,290 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 Eastern Asia
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 62.75 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 16,960 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 49.52 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Eastern Asia 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 158,959 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,675 ha in 2017.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 10th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.