Flax, raw or retted — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Flax, raw or retted — Production was 1.17 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 1.17 million t for flax, raw or retted — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 99.1% on the previous year and up 94.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — production in European Union (27) peaked at 1.17 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 114,071 t, in 1981.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Flax, raw or retted — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 203,082 t | — |
| 1962 | 233,039 t | +14.8% |
| 1963 | 233,083 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 249,977 t | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 207,426 t | -17.0% |
| 1966 | 209,565 t | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 207,229 t | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 169,025 t | -18.4% |
| 1969 | 170,764 t | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 139,855 t | -18.1% |
| 1971 | 177,021 t | +26.6% |
| 1972 | 157,055 t | -11.3% |
| 1973 | 128,192 t | -18.4% |
| 1974 | 145,957 t | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 169,377 t | +16.0% |
| 1976 | 198,615 t | +17.3% |
| 1977 | 160,215 t | -19.3% |
| 1978 | 196,243 t | +22.5% |
| 1979 | 175,315 t | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 170,338 t | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 114,071 t | -33.0% |
| 1982 | 121,352 t | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 148,255 t | +22.2% |
| 1984 | 198,763 t | +34.1% |
| 1985 | 213,123 t | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 148,950 t | -30.1% |
| 1987 | 163,537 t | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 184,556 t | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 168,688 t | -8.6% |
| 1990 | 161,155 t | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 335,676 t | +108.3% |
| 1992 | 251,054 t | -25.2% |
| 1993 | 299,095 t | +19.1% |
| 1994 | 401,384 t | +34.2% |
| 1995 | 447,097 t | +11.4% |
| 1996 | 387,628 t | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 416,973 t | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 420,172 t | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 507,141 t | +20.7% |
| 2000 | 466,033 t | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 356,138 t | -23.6% |
| 2002 | 569,383 t | +59.9% |
| 2003 | 613,309 t | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 624,344 t | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 659,701 t | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 591,183 t | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 495,938 t | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 572,474 t | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 444,111 t | -22.4% |
| 2010 | 447,605 t | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 327,065 t | -26.9% |
| 2012 | 550,238 t | +68.2% |
| 2013 | 540,617 t | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 603,644 t | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 621,399 t | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 704,684 t | +13.4% |
| 2017 | 679,350 t | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 746,707 t | +9.9% |
| 2019 | 961,220 t | +28.7% |
| 2020 | 835,560 t | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 779,540 t | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 746,930 t | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 589,890 t | -21.0% |
| 2024 | 1.17 million t | +99.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 209,243 t | 169,025 t | 249,977 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 164,784 t | 128,192 t | 198,615 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 163,163 t | 114,071 t | 213,123 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 362,738 t | 161,155 t | 507,141 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 539,261 t | 356,138 t | 659,701 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 618,253 t | 327,065 t | 961,220 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 825,308 t | 589,890 t | 1.17 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
More agriculture & rural data for European Union (27)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 5.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 5.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 2,075 kg/ha (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 35.62 million An (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production 490,870 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight 14 kg/An (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 50.78 million t (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 36,697 kg/ha (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested 1.38 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — production in European Union (27)?
- Flax, raw or retted — production in European Union (27) was 1.17 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 114,071 t in 1981.
- How does European Union (27) rank for flax, raw or retted — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 3rd out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union (27) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Flax, raw or retted — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.