Flax, raw or retted — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Flax, raw or retted — Production was 7,700 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Flax, raw or retted — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for flax, raw or retted — production in Northern Africa is 7,700 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — production in Northern Africa peaked at 25,400 t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 7,110 t, in 2001.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,617 t | — |
| 1962 | 8,990 t | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 8,611 t | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 11,110 t | +29.0% |
| 1965 | 8,128 t | -26.8% |
| 1966 | 7,560 t | -7.0% |
| 1967 | 7,582 t | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 11,620 t | +53.3% |
| 1969 | 12,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 7,280 t | -39.3% |
| 1971 | 7,700 t | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 11,900 t | +54.5% |
| 1973 | 14,000 t | +17.6% |
| 1974 | 16,100 t | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 19,460 t | +20.9% |
| 1976 | 17,402 t | -10.6% |
| 1977 | 21,823 t | +25.4% |
| 1978 | 22,700 t | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 25,400 t | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 24,920 t | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 20,300 t | -18.5% |
| 1982 | 14,840 t | -26.9% |
| 1983 | 14,500 t | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 16,000 t | +10.3% |
| 1985 | 17,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 18,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 15,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 18,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 15,875 t | -11.8% |
| 1990 | 12,025 t | -24.3% |
| 1991 | 16,685 t | +38.8% |
| 1992 | 11,320 t | -32.2% |
| 1993 | 12,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1994 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 12,300 t | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 12,500 t | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 13,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 13,500 t | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 13,800 t | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 14,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 7,110 t | -49.2% |
| 2002 | 7,160 t | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 9,000 t | +25.7% |
| 2004 | 10,000 t | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 10,500 t | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 9,000 t | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 9,276 t | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 9,210 t | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 9,094 t | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 9,012 t | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 9,053 t | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 8,400 t | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 8,500 t | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 7,847 t | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 7,944 t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 7,818 t | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 7,617 t | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 7,793 t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 7,743 t | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 7,718 t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 7,751 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 7,737 t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,700 t | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 7,700 t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,469 t | 7,560 t | 12,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,376 t | 7,280 t | 25,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,444 t | 14,500 t | 24,920 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,913 t | 11,320 t | 16,685 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,435 t | 7,110 t | 14,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,173 t | 7,617 t | 9,053 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,721 t | 7,700 t | 7,751 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 5 China 29,270 t compare
- 6 China, mainland 29,000 t compare
- 7 Russian Federation 24,100 t compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 19,470 t compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 15,100 t compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14,500 t compare
- 11 Czechoslovakia 8,486 t compare
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- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 2 kg/An (2024)
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- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 18.41 million An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — production in Northern Africa?
- Flax, raw or retted — production in Northern Africa was 7,700 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 25,400 t in 1979.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,110 t in 2001.
- How does Northern Africa rank for flax, raw or retted — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 8th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.