Flax, raw or retted — Production in Spain
Spain: Flax, raw or retted — Production was 70 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Production in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Spain recorded 70 t for flax, raw or retted — production in 2024.
The figure is up 600.0% on the previous year and up 250.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — production in Spain peaked at 86,537 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1987.
Spain ranks 21st of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Flax, raw or retted — Production in Spain, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,724 t | — |
| 1962 | 5,485 t | +47.3% |
| 1963 | 4,892 t | -10.8% |
| 1964 | 2,360 t | -51.8% |
| 1965 | 601 t | -74.5% |
| 1966 | 792 t | +31.8% |
| 1967 | 328 t | -58.6% |
| 1968 | 348 t | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 252 t | -27.6% |
| 1970 | 84 t | -66.7% |
| 1971 | 36 t | -57.1% |
| 1972 | 130 t | +261.1% |
| 1973 | 126 t | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 381 t | +202.4% |
| 1975 | 41 t | -89.2% |
| 1976 | 21 t | -48.8% |
| 1977 | 1,045 t | +4876.2% |
| 1978 | 33 t | -96.8% |
| 1979 | 7 t | -78.8% |
| 1980 | 1 t | -85.7% |
| 1981 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15 t | +1400.0% |
| 1987 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 1988 | 0 t | — |
| 1989 | 0 t | — |
| 1990 | 0 t | — |
| 1991 | 0 t | — |
| 1992 | 0 t | — |
| 1993 | 92 t | — |
| 1994 | 1,967 t | +2038.0% |
| 1995 | 9,560 t | +386.0% |
| 1996 | 22,218 t | +132.4% |
| 1997 | 28,648 t | +28.9% |
| 1998 | 75,857 t | +164.8% |
| 1999 | 86,537 t | +14.1% |
| 2000 | 10,022 t | -88.4% |
| 2001 | 421 t | -95.8% |
| 2002 | 78 t | -81.5% |
| 2003 | 48 t | -38.5% |
| 2004 | 34 t | -29.2% |
| 2005 | 18 t | -47.1% |
| 2006 | 8 t | -55.6% |
| 2007 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2008 | 2 t | — |
| 2009 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 21 t | — |
| 2012 | 20 t | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 18 t | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 20 t | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 18 t | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 20 t | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 19.33 t | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 t | — |
| 2020 | 0 t | — |
| 2021 | 10 t | — |
| 2022 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 10 t | — |
| 2024 | 70 t | +600.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Production in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +4876.2% | 21 t | 1,045 t |
| 1994 | +2038.0% | 92 t | 1,967 t |
| 1986 | +1400.0% | 1 t | 15 t |
| 2024 | +600.0% | 10 t | 70 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,087 t | 252 t | 5,485 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 190.4 t | 7 t | 1,045 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.1 t | 0 t | 15 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,488 t | 0 t | 86,537 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,063 t | 0 t | 10,022 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.15 t | 0 t | 21 t | 9 |
| 2020s | 18 t | 0 t | 70 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 18 Bulgaria 710 t compare
- 19 China, Taiwan Province of 270 t compare
- 20 Ukraine 140 t compare
- 22 Yugoslav SFR 8 t compare
- 23 Austria 0 t compare
- 23 Croatia 0 t compare
- 23 Cyprus 0 t
- 23 Czechia 0 t compare
- 23 Denmark 0 t compare
- 23 Estonia 0 t compare
- 23 Finland 0 t
- 23 Germany 0 t compare
- 23 Greece 0 t compare
- 23 Hungary 0 t compare
- 23 Japan 0 t compare
- 23 Latvia 0 t compare
- 23 Lithuania 0 t compare
- 23 Luxembourg 0 t
- 23 Malta 0 t
- 23 New Zealand 0 t compare
- 23 Portugal 0 t compare
- 23 Republic of Korea 0 t compare
- 23 Slovakia 0 t compare
- 23 Slovenia 0 t
- 23 Sweden 0 t compare
- 23 Australia and New Zealand 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — production in Spain?
- Flax, raw or retted — production in Spain was 70 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — production recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 86,537 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — production recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1987.
- How does Spain rank for flax, raw or retted — production?
- Spain ranks 21st out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — production rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 250.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Spain 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.