Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 260,370 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Europe, 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 Europe is 260,370 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 14.0% on the previous year and up 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Europe peaked at 2.09 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 178,876 ha, in 2014.
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 | 1.81 million ha | 1.58 million ha | 2.09 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.47 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.21 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 544,014 ha | 368,051 ha | 931,867 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 295,155 ha | 215,848 ha | 357,838 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 203,063 ha | 178,876 ha | 244,476 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 241,828 ha | 219,505 ha | 265,724 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 41.59 million ha (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested 108.59 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Europe?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Europe was 260,370 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.09 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 178,876 ha in 2014.
- How does Europe rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 1st out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this 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.