Flax, raw or retted — Production in France
France: Flax, raw or retted — Production was 1.06 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Production in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, flax, raw or retted — production in France stood at 1.06 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 105.5% on the previous year and up 103.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — production in France peaked at 1.06 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40,343 t, in 1970.
That places France 1st out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Flax, raw or retted — Production in France, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,520 t | — |
| 1962 | 58,520 t | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 71,690 t | +22.5% |
| 1964 | 86,250 t | +20.3% |
| 1965 | 59,352 t | -31.2% |
| 1966 | 66,477 t | +12.0% |
| 1967 | 66,473 t | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 51,105 t | -23.1% |
| 1969 | 56,726 t | +11.0% |
| 1970 | 40,343 t | -28.9% |
| 1971 | 50,124 t | +24.2% |
| 1972 | 46,294 t | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 42,497 t | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 46,000 t | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 57,000 t | +23.9% |
| 1976 | 75,000 t | +31.6% |
| 1977 | 73,400 t | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 71,300 t | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 71,100 t | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 68,400 t | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 45,000 t | -34.2% |
| 1982 | 62,900 t | +39.8% |
| 1983 | 62,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 87,000 t | +40.3% |
| 1985 | 100,000 t | +14.9% |
| 1986 | 65,000 t | -35.0% |
| 1987 | 70,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 91,000 t | +30.0% |
| 1989 | 74,000 t | -18.7% |
| 1990 | 77,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 267,171 t | +247.0% |
| 1992 | 188,360 t | -29.5% |
| 1993 | 223,034 t | +18.4% |
| 1994 | 310,591 t | +39.3% |
| 1995 | 327,964 t | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 285,098 t | -13.1% |
| 1997 | 313,557 t | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 285,339 t | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 340,507 t | +19.3% |
| 2000 | 371,622 t | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 284,593 t | -23.4% |
| 2002 | 489,250 t | +71.9% |
| 2003 | 535,084 t | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 545,607 t | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 592,357 t | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 538,268 t | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 461,968 t | -14.2% |
| 2008 | 543,252 t | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 411,438 t | -24.3% |
| 2010 | 372,100 t | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 273,483 t | -26.5% |
| 2012 | 470,544 t | +72.1% |
| 2013 | 460,858 t | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 519,798 t | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 525,623 t | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 602,504 t | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 596,787 t | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 660,107 t | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 850,350 t | +28.8% |
| 2020 | 744,300 t | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 678,390 t | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 652,680 t | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 515,340 t | -21.0% |
| 2024 | 1.06 million t | +105.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Production in France 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +247.0% | 77,000 t | 267,171 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,568 t | 51,105 t | 86,250 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,306 t | 40,343 t | 75,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,530 t | 45,000 t | 100,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 261,862 t | 77,000 t | 340,507 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 477,344 t | 284,593 t | 592,357 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 533,215 t | 273,483 t | 850,350 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 729,958 t | 515,340 t | 1.06 million t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — production in France?
- Flax, raw or retted — production in France was 1.06 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,343 t in 1970.
- How does France rank for flax, raw or retted — production?
- France ranks 1st out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — production rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this France 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.
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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.