Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 69,260 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 69,260 ha for flax, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Eastern Europe peaked at 1.92 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 69,260 ha, in 2024.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.82 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.92 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 1.68 million ha | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 1.79 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 1.67 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 1.59 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 1.59 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 1.54 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 1.50 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 1.47 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 1.43 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 1.44 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 1.42 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 1.38 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 1.40 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 1.41 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 1.38 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 1.39 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 1.26 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 1.31 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 1.12 million ha | -14.9% |
| 1982 | 1.16 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 1.22 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 1.22 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1.17 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 1.12 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 1.10 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 1.06 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 1.01 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 853,118 ha | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 675,412 ha | -20.8% |
| 1992 | 635,920 ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 502,352 ha | -21.0% |
| 1994 | 317,758 ha | -36.7% |
| 1995 | 384,528 ha | +21.0% |
| 1996 | 303,171 ha | -21.2% |
| 1997 | 225,419 ha | -25.6% |
| 1998 | 215,226 ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 173,100 ha | -19.6% |
| 2000 | 207,644 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 232,194 ha | +11.8% |
| 2002 | 185,412 ha | -20.1% |
| 2003 | 188,011 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 218,623 ha | +16.3% |
| 2005 | 195,685 ha | -10.5% |
| 2006 | 141,937 ha | -27.5% |
| 2007 | 145,615 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 154,035 ha | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 132,425 ha | -14.0% |
| 2010 | 104,045 ha | -21.4% |
| 2011 | 111,604 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 110,211 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 101,642 ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 88,132 ha | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 91,761 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 89,844 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 89,832 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 88,851 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 94,971 ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 92,682 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 79,415 ha | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 79,810 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 69,500 ha | -12.9% |
| 2024 | 69,260 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.68 million ha | 1.50 million ha | 1.92 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.40 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.15 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 428,600 ha | 173,100 ha | 853,118 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 180,158 ha | 132,425 ha | 232,194 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 97,089 ha | 88,132 ha | 111,604 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 78,133 ha | 69,260 ha | 92,682 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
- 2 France 158,290 ha compare
- 3 Belarus 35,500 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 32,500 ha compare
- 5 Belgium 18,690 ha compare
- 6 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,003 ha compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 11,433 ha compare
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,900 ha compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight 5,862 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 6,589 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 1.91 million An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 49,927 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 17.51 million An (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 2,500 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Eastern Europe?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Eastern Europe was 69,260 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.92 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 69,260 ha in 2024.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 5th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.