Flax, raw or retted — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Flax, raw or retted — Production is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 1.06 million t in France; the lowest is 0 t in Slovenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 8 t, and the mean is 36,619 t.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 3,154.6%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Flax, raw or retted — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 1.06 million t | 2024 | up 103.7% | volatile |
| 2 | USSR | 301,000 t | 1991 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 3 | Belgium | 91,990 t | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Belarus | 37,225 t | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 5 | China | 29,270 t | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 6 | China, mainland | 29,000 t | 2024 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 24,100 t | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 8 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 19,470 t | 2024 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 15,100 t | 1999 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14,500 t | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 8,486 t | 1992 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 7,700 t | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 13 | Chile | 3,100 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 2,600 t | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 1,790 t | 2024 | up 3,154.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Italy | 1,450 t | 2024 | up 336.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Romania | 770 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 710 t | 2021 | up 653.9% | volatile |
| 19 | China, Taiwan Province of | 270 t | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Ukraine | 140 t | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Spain | 70 t | 2024 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Türkiye | 11 t | 2024 | up 199.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Yugoslav SFR | 8 t | 1991 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Hungary | 0 t | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Austria | 0 t | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Cyprus | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 24 | Czechia | 0 t | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Germany | 0 t | 1980 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Denmark | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Estonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Finland | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 24 | Greece | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Australia and New Zealand | 0 t | 1981 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Croatia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Sweden | 0 t | 1987 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Japan | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Lithuania | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Latvia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Malta | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 24 | New Zealand | 0 t | 1981 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 24 | Portugal | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Slovakia | 0 t | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.29 million t
- Europe 1.25 million t
- European Union (27) 1.17 million t
- Western Europe 1.17 million t
- Eastern Europe 64,025 t
- Asia 29,281 t
- Eastern Asia 29,270 t
- Northern Europe 14,500 t
- Africa 7,700 t
- Northern Africa 7,700 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 7,700 t
- South America 5,700 t
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.