Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 9,900 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1992–2024
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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 9,900 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 19,000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 143 ha, in 1992.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 8th of 43 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 143 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,188 ha | +1430.1% |
| 1994 | 17,700 ha | +709.0% |
| 1995 | 11,000 ha | -37.9% |
| 1996 | 17,000 ha | +54.5% |
| 1997 | 19,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 16,700 ha | -12.1% |
| 1999 | 15,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 17,267 ha | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 18,336 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 15,331 ha | -16.4% |
| 2004 | 14,451 ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 13,571 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 12,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 11,907 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 11,882 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 11,447 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 11,021 ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 10,409 ha | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 9,350 ha | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 10,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 9,876 ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 10,125 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 10,167 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 9,693 ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 9,995 ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 9,952 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 9,880 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 9,942 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 9,900 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 9,900 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +1430.1% | 143 ha | 2,188 ha |
| 1994 | +709.0% | 2,188 ha | 17,700 ha |
| 1996 | +54.5% | 11,000 ha | 17,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,341 ha | 143 ha | 19,000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 14,419 ha | 11,447 ha | 18,336 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,114 ha | 9,350 ha | 11,021 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,915 ha | 9,880 ha | 9,952 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 5 Belgium 18,690 ha compare
- 6 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,003 ha compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 11,433 ha
- 9 Egypt 8,600 ha compare
- 10 China 7,290 ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 6,800 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 9,900 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 19,000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 143 ha in 1992.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 8th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.