Flax, raw or retted — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Flax, raw or retted — Production was 1.17 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, flax, raw or retted — production in Western Europe stood at 1.17 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 99.7% on the previous year and up 94.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — production in Western Europe peaked at 1.17 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 57,792 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 123,498 t | — |
| 1962 | 136,356 t | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 151,089 t | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 176,209 t | +16.6% |
| 1965 | 123,279 t | -30.0% |
| 1966 | 119,278 t | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 103,496 t | -13.2% |
| 1968 | 87,653 t | -15.3% |
| 1969 | 91,793 t | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 59,091 t | -35.6% |
| 1971 | 80,536 t | +36.3% |
| 1972 | 69,916 t | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 61,467 t | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 68,520 t | +11.5% |
| 1975 | 73,623 t | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 88,989 t | +20.9% |
| 1977 | 92,203 t | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 91,163 t | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 86,584 t | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 83,077 t | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 57,792 t | -30.4% |
| 1982 | 77,743 t | +34.5% |
| 1983 | 90,740 t | +16.7% |
| 1984 | 130,635 t | +44.0% |
| 1985 | 148,643 t | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 98,580 t | -33.7% |
| 1987 | 113,631 t | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 135,580 t | +19.3% |
| 1989 | 116,154 t | -14.3% |
| 1990 | 128,710 t | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 312,620 t | +142.9% |
| 1992 | 216,325 t | -30.8% |
| 1993 | 259,540 t | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 356,527 t | +37.4% |
| 1995 | 375,854 t | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 331,599 t | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 370,454 t | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 323,046 t | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 388,318 t | +20.2% |
| 2000 | 422,543 t | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 320,112 t | -24.2% |
| 2002 | 533,519 t | +66.7% |
| 2003 | 586,103 t | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 595,313 t | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 637,755 t | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 577,264 t | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 490,356 t | -15.1% |
| 2008 | 568,754 t | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 439,368 t | -22.7% |
| 2010 | 446,666 t | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 325,992 t | -27.0% |
| 2012 | 548,236 t | +68.2% |
| 2013 | 539,395 t | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 602,908 t | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 620,274 t | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 703,430 t | +13.4% |
| 2017 | 676,352 t | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 744,747 t | +10.1% |
| 2019 | 957,710 t | +28.6% |
| 2020 | 833,310 t | -13.0% |
| 2021 | 776,720 t | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 740,690 t | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 586,110 t | -20.9% |
| 2024 | 1.17 million t | +99.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Production in Western Europe 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 | +142.9% | 128,710 t | 312,620 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123,628 t | 87,653 t | 176,209 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 77,209 t | 59,091 t | 92,203 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 105,258 t | 57,792 t | 148,643 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 306,299 t | 128,710 t | 388,318 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 517,109 t | 320,112 t | 637,755 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 616,571 t | 325,992 t | 957,710 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 821,474 t | 586,110 t | 1.17 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
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Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — production in Western Europe?
- Flax, raw or retted — production in Western Europe 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 57,792 t in 1981.
- How does Western Europe rank for flax, raw or retted — production?
- Western Europe ranks 4th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.