Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in South America
South America: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 5,700 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in South America, 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 South America is 5,700 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in South America peaked at 7,000 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 3,550 ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,905 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,930 ha | +20.9% |
| 1963 | 4,130 ha | -30.4% |
| 1964 | 5,146 ha | +24.6% |
| 1965 | 5,320 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 5,660 ha | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 5,600 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 5,500 ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1970 | 5,350 ha | -23.6% |
| 1971 | 4,600 ha | -14.0% |
| 1972 | 4,900 ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 3,550 ha | -27.6% |
| 1974 | 4,100 ha | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 4,070 ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 4,350 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 4,150 ha | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 4,450 ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 4,250 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 4,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 4,250 ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 4,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,400 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,570 ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 4,117 ha | -9.9% |
| 1992 | 4,288 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 4,457 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 4,552 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 4,642 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 4,770 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 4,757 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 4,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 4,776 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 4,803 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 4,898 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 4,952 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 5,014 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 5,131 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 5,252 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 5,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 5,451 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 5,494 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 5,536 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 5,549 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 5,668 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 5,610 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 5,600 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 5,500 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 5,592 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 5,681 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 5,794 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 5,757 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 5,735 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 5,740 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,699 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 5,699 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,466 ha | 4,130 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,377 ha | 3,550 ha | 5,350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,265 ha | 4,200 ha | 4,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,573 ha | 4,117 ha | 4,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,193 ha | 4,803 ha | 5,536 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,649 ha | 5,500 ha | 5,794 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,708 ha | 5,699 ha | 5,740 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,900 ha compare
- 9 Egypt 8,600 ha compare
- 10 China 7,290 ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 6,800 ha compare
- 12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,540 ha compare
- 13 Chile 2,900 ha compare
- 14 Argentina 2,800 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in South America?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in South America was 5,700 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,550 ha in 1973.
- How does South America rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- South America ranks 11th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.