Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 690 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Europe is 690 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.8% on the previous year and up 470.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 129,582 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 72 ha, in 2011.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,606 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,825 ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 18,939 ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 14,109 ha | -25.5% |
| 1965 | 11,111 ha | -21.2% |
| 1966 | 10,200 ha | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 8,845 ha | -13.3% |
| 1968 | 5,376 ha | -39.2% |
| 1969 | 4,592 ha | -14.6% |
| 1970 | 3,413 ha | -25.7% |
| 1971 | 3,201 ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 4,798 ha | +49.9% |
| 1973 | 4,228 ha | -11.9% |
| 1974 | 3,586 ha | -15.2% |
| 1975 | 3,277 ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 5,834 ha | +78.0% |
| 1977 | 11,240 ha | +92.7% |
| 1978 | 3,046 ha | -72.9% |
| 1979 | 2,180 ha | -28.4% |
| 1980 | 1,901 ha | -12.8% |
| 1981 | 1,737 ha | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 1,296 ha | -25.4% |
| 1983 | 807 ha | -37.7% |
| 1984 | 920 ha | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 868 ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 1,131 ha | +30.3% |
| 1987 | 1,041 ha | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 614 ha | -41.0% |
| 1989 | 639 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 565 ha | -11.6% |
| 1991 | 830 ha | +46.9% |
| 1992 | 1,563 ha | +88.3% |
| 1993 | 1,324 ha | -15.3% |
| 1994 | 4,369 ha | +230.0% |
| 1995 | 11,669 ha | +167.1% |
| 1996 | 40,808 ha | +249.7% |
| 1997 | 45,839 ha | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 89,615 ha | +95.5% |
| 1999 | 129,582 ha | +44.6% |
| 2000 | 16,547 ha | -87.2% |
| 2001 | 3,584 ha | -78.3% |
| 2002 | 2,114 ha | -41.0% |
| 2003 | 1,804 ha | -14.7% |
| 2004 | 1,471 ha | -18.5% |
| 2005 | 1,323 ha | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 1,704 ha | +28.8% |
| 2007 | 1,600 ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 2,002 ha | +25.1% |
| 2009 | 1,800 ha | -10.1% |
| 2010 | 117 ha | -93.5% |
| 2011 | 72 ha | -38.5% |
| 2012 | 107 ha | +48.6% |
| 2013 | 110 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 121 ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 158 ha | +30.6% |
| 2016 | 217 ha | +37.3% |
| 2017 | 854 ha | +293.5% |
| 2018 | 560 ha | -34.4% |
| 2019 | 720 ha | +28.6% |
| 2020 | 520 ha | -27.8% |
| 2021 | 440 ha | -15.4% |
| 2022 | 560 ha | +27.3% |
| 2023 | 640 ha | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 690 ha | +7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,845 ha | 4,592 ha | 21,606 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,480 ha | 2,180 ha | 11,240 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,095 ha | 614 ha | 1,901 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,616 ha | 565 ha | 129,582 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,395 ha | 1,323 ha | 16,547 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 303.6 ha | 72 ha | 854 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 570 ha | 440 ha | 690 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Southern Europe was 690 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 129,582 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 72 ha in 2011.
- How does Southern Europe rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 13th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 470.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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.