Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in France
France: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 158,290 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
France recorded 158,290 ha for flax, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.7% on the previous year and up 138.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in France peaked at 158,290 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 31,271 ha, in 1968.
That places France 2nd out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,351 ha | +16.1% |
| 1963 | 73,903 ha | +22.5% |
| 1964 | 79,099 ha | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 60,277 ha | -23.8% |
| 1966 | 62,085 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 55,576 ha | -10.5% |
| 1968 | 31,271 ha | -43.7% |
| 1969 | 42,276 ha | +35.2% |
| 1970 | 39,703 ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 41,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 34,200 ha | -17.6% |
| 1973 | 33,100 ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 38,400 ha | +16.0% |
| 1975 | 48,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 63,000 ha | +31.2% |
| 1977 | 57,195 ha | -9.2% |
| 1978 | 49,723 ha | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 50,438 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 49,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 44,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1982 | 44,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 40,800 ha | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 45,800 ha | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 58,900 ha | +28.6% |
| 1986 | 47,000 ha | -20.2% |
| 1987 | 51,300 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 55,200 ha | +7.6% |
| 1989 | 59,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 60,927 ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 39,449 ha | -35.3% |
| 1992 | 32,874 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 36,695 ha | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 49,689 ha | +35.4% |
| 1995 | 54,246 ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 44,362 ha | -18.2% |
| 1997 | 45,067 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 44,149 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 50,041 ha | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 54,525 ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 67,849 ha | +24.4% |
| 2002 | 67,417 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 76,528 ha | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 80,526 ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 78,644 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 76,605 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 76,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 67,904 ha | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 56,653 ha | -16.6% |
| 2010 | 55,164 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 60,869 ha | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 67,432 ha | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 60,651 ha | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 66,489 ha | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 78,866 ha | +18.6% |
| 2016 | 88,480 ha | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 98,218 ha | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 105,880 ha | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 121,670 ha | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 142,160 ha | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 112,580 ha | -20.8% |
| 2022 | 127,800 ha | +13.5% |
| 2023 | 131,160 ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 158,290 ha | +20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,426 ha | 31,271 ha | 79,099 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,526 ha | 33,100 ha | 63,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,500 ha | 40,800 ha | 59,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,750 ha | 32,874 ha | 60,927 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,285 ha | 54,525 ha | 80,526 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,372 ha | 55,164 ha | 121,670 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 134,398 ha | 112,580 ha | 158,290 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in France?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in France was 158,290 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 158,290 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,271 ha in 1968.
- How does France rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- France ranks 2nd out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 138.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.