Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 3,540 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) is 3,540 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 49.4% on the previous year and up 78.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) peaked at 30,651 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 1,800 ha, in 2021.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 12th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,663 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,956 ha | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 26,608 ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 30,651 ha | +15.2% |
| 1965 | 21,623 ha | -29.5% |
| 1966 | 18,317 ha | -15.3% |
| 1967 | 9,529 ha | -48.0% |
| 1968 | 10,370 ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 8,940 ha | -13.8% |
| 1970 | 5,188 ha | -42.0% |
| 1971 | 7,118 ha | +37.2% |
| 1972 | 6,099 ha | -14.3% |
| 1973 | 4,955 ha | -18.8% |
| 1974 | 7,388 ha | +49.1% |
| 1975 | 5,126 ha | -30.6% |
| 1976 | 5,337 ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 5,711 ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 5,170 ha | -9.5% |
| 1979 | 3,603 ha | -30.3% |
| 1980 | 4,058 ha | +12.6% |
| 1981 | 2,905 ha | -28.4% |
| 1982 | 3,179 ha | +9.4% |
| 1983 | 3,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 4,112 ha | +37.1% |
| 1985 | 4,368 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | -31.3% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 4,451 ha | +11.3% |
| 1989 | 5,176 ha | +16.3% |
| 1990 | 5,535 ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 4,500 ha | -18.7% |
| 1992 | 2,593 ha | -42.4% |
| 1993 | 3,800 ha | +46.5% |
| 1994 | 4,700 ha | +23.7% |
| 1995 | 4,300 ha | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 3,900 ha | -9.3% |
| 1997 | 4,300 ha | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 3,500 ha | -18.6% |
| 1999 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 4,400 ha | +15.8% |
| 2001 | 4,755 ha | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 4,096 ha | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 4,553 ha | +11.2% |
| 2004 | 4,485 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 4,600 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 3,900 ha | -15.2% |
| 2007 | 3,500 ha | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 2,618 ha | -25.2% |
| 2009 | 2,159 ha | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 1,896 ha | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 2,156 ha | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 2,077 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 1,881 ha | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 1,983 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 2,405 ha | +21.3% |
| 2016 | 2,415 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,494 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 2,220 ha | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 2,290 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 1,930 ha | -15.7% |
| 2021 | 1,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 2,370 ha | +24.7% |
| 2024 | 3,540 ha | +49.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,073 ha | 8,940 ha | 30,651 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,570 ha | 3,603 ha | 7,388 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,825 ha | 2,905 ha | 5,176 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,093 ha | 2,593 ha | 5,535 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,907 ha | 2,159 ha | 4,755 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,182 ha | 1,881 ha | 2,494 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,308 ha | 1,800 ha | 3,540 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) was 3,540 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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The highest recorded value was 30,651 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 2021.
- How does Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 12th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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.