Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 180,520 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 180,520 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 21.7% on the previous year and up 125.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 180,520 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42,609 ha, in 1992.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 126,097 ha | — |
| 1962 | 143,640 ha | +13.9% |
| 1963 | 152,180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 161,026 ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 123,357 ha | -23.4% |
| 1966 | 120,054 ha | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 94,180 ha | -21.6% |
| 1968 | 67,024 ha | -28.8% |
| 1969 | 77,238 ha | +15.2% |
| 1970 | 63,743 ha | -17.5% |
| 1971 | 72,237 ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 57,345 ha | -20.6% |
| 1973 | 48,549 ha | -15.3% |
| 1974 | 57,052 ha | +17.5% |
| 1975 | 64,368 ha | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 78,731 ha | +22.3% |
| 1977 | 73,452 ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 63,913 ha | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 61,615 ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 60,315 ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 53,257 ha | -11.7% |
| 1982 | 54,857 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 51,113 ha | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 59,574 ha | +16.6% |
| 1985 | 73,878 ha | +24.0% |
| 1986 | 57,639 ha | -22.0% |
| 1987 | 65,135 ha | +13.0% |
| 1988 | 70,300 ha | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 75,662 ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 78,184 ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 53,624 ha | -31.4% |
| 1992 | 42,609 ha | -20.5% |
| 1993 | 49,713 ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 65,496 ha | +31.7% |
| 1995 | 70,957 ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 64,773 ha | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 69,770 ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 66,082 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 71,944 ha | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 77,086 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 93,105 ha | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 87,705 ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 101,270 ha | +15.5% |
| 2004 | 105,527 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 102,409 ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 96,134 ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 94,016 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 82,437 ha | -12.3% |
| 2009 | 70,092 ha | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 68,064 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 74,312 ha | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 80,097 ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 72,534 ha | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 80,075 ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 95,136 ha | +18.8% |
| 2016 | 105,991 ha | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 116,670 ha | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 122,820 ha | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 138,790 ha | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 162,470 ha | +17.1% |
| 2021 | 129,770 ha | -20.1% |
| 2022 | 144,850 ha | +11.6% |
| 2023 | 148,340 ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 180,520 ha | +21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118,311 ha | 67,024 ha | 161,026 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,100 ha | 48,549 ha | 78,731 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,173 ha | 51,113 ha | 75,662 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,315 ha | 42,609 ha | 78,184 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 90,978 ha | 70,092 ha | 105,527 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 95,449 ha | 68,064 ha | 138,790 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 153,190 ha | 129,770 ha | 180,520 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 USSR 632,000 ha compare
- 2 France 158,290 ha compare
- 3 Belarus 35,500 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 32,500 ha compare
- 5 Belgium 18,690 ha compare
- 6 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,003 ha compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 11,433 ha compare
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 6.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.7159 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 182,443 1000 An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 7,060 ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 13,867 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Europe was 180,520 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 180,520 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,609 ha in 1992.
- How does Western Europe rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 4th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 125.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.