Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 0 ha in 1981. ▼ Falling
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–1981
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 New Zealand is 0 ha, measured in 1981. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 263 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1981.
New Zealand ranks 23rd of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 213 ha | — |
| 1962 | 263 ha | +23.5% |
| 1963 | 203 ha | -22.8% |
| 1964 | 208 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 115 ha | -44.7% |
| 1966 | 180 ha | +56.5% |
| 1967 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 150 ha | -11.8% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 205 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 216 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 156 ha | -27.8% |
| 1980 | 8 ha | -94.9% |
| 1981 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 189.11 ha | 115 ha | 263 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 201.7 ha | 156 ha | 216 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4 ha | 0 ha | 8 ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 20 Slovakia 100 ha
- 21 Yugoslav SFR 30 ha compare
- 22 Spain 20 ha compare
- 23 Austria 0 ha compare
- 23 Bulgaria 0 ha compare
- 23 Croatia 0 ha
- 23 Cyprus 0 ha
- 23 Czechia 0 ha
- 23 Denmark 0 ha compare
- 23 Estonia 0 ha
- 23 Germany 0 ha compare
- 23 Greece 0 ha compare
- 23 Hungary 0 ha compare
- 23 Japan 0 ha compare
- 23 Latvia 0 ha
- 23 Lithuania 0 ha
- 23 Luxembourg 0 ha
- 23 Malta 0 ha
- 23 Portugal 0 ha compare
- 23 Republic of Korea 0 ha compare
- 23 Slovenia 0 ha
- 23 Sweden 0 ha compare
- 23 Australia and New Zealand 0 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in New Zealand was 0 ha in 1981, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 263 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1981.
- How does New Zealand rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 23rd out of 43 countries with data for 1981.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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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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.