Flax, raw or retted — Yield in China, mainland
China, mainland: Flax, raw or retted — Yield was 4,265 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, flax, raw or retted — yield in China, mainland stood at 4,265 kg/ha.
The figure is down 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — yield in China, mainland peaked at 6,477 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 508.3 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places China, mainland 4th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,143 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,375 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1963 | 1,375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,556 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1965 | 1,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,500 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 1,625 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 1,556 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 1,674 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1970 | 1,667 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 1,818 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 1,860 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 1,844 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 1,848 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 1,875 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 1,900 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 1,863 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 1,859 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 1,021 kg/ha | -45.1% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 1,652 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 1982 | 508.3 kg/ha | -69.2% |
| 1983 | 1,074 kg/ha | +111.3% |
| 1984 | 1,500 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1985 | 1,201 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 1,532 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1987 | 2,319 kg/ha | +51.4% |
| 1988 | 2,599 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1989 | 2,506 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 2,780 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1991 | 2,739 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 2,861 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 2,744 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 2,706 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 3,119 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1996 | 2,875 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 2,510 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1998 | 2,550 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 3,162 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2000 | 2,228 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 2001 | 2,441 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 3,784 kg/ha | +55.0% |
| 2003 | 2,995 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2004 | 4,373 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 2005 | 4,405 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 4,786 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 4,347 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 4,531 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 4,827 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 5,146 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 6,477 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2012 | 5,524 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2013 | 5,118 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 4,950 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 4,256 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2016 | 5,000 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2017 | 4,932 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 3,562 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2019 | 3,737 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 4,472 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2021 | 4,324 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 4,290 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 4,265 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 4,265 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Yield in China, mainland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +111.3% | 508.3 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha |
| 1982 | -69.2% | 1,652 kg/ha | 508.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,484 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 1,674 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,756 kg/ha | 1,021 kg/ha | 1,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,589 kg/ha | 508.3 kg/ha | 2,599 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,804 kg/ha | 2,510 kg/ha | 3,162 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,872 kg/ha | 2,228 kg/ha | 4,827 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,870 kg/ha | 3,562 kg/ha | 6,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,323 kg/ha | 4,265 kg/ha | 4,472 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — yield in China, mainland?
- Flax, raw or retted — yield in China, mainland was 4,265 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,477 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 508.3 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does China, mainland rank for flax, raw or retted — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 4th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Flax, raw or retted — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.