Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in World
World: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 281,974 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
World recorded 281,974 ha for flax, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 12.8% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in World peaked at 2.16 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 203,381 ha, in 2014.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.88 million ha | 1.65 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.54 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.36 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 1.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 643,614 ha | 449,070 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 418,608 ha | 249,838 ha | 518,532 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 223,706 ha | 203,381 ha | 263,826 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 262,934 ha | 240,861 ha | 285,109 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — area harvested in World?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in World was 281,974 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 2.16 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 203,381 ha in 2014.
- How does World rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.