Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Italy
Italy: Flax, raw or retted — Yield was 2,164 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for flax, raw or retted — yield in Italy is 2,164 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 28.6% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — yield in Italy peaked at 3,458 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Italy 9th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 55.5 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1963 | 54.8 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 45.2 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1965 | 34.4 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1966 | 32.9 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 32.5 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 66.5 kg/ha | +104.6% |
| 1969 | 55.4 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 33.1 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 1971 | 6.1 kg/ha | -81.6% |
| 1972 | 1.1 kg/ha | -82.0% |
| 1973 | 1.2 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 1.5 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 1.6 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 1.3 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1977 | 1 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1978 | 1.2 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 1.7 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1980 | 3.2 kg/ha | +88.2% |
| 1981 | 3.6 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 105.9 kg/ha | +2841.7% |
| 1983 | 104.2 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 142.6 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1985 | 106.4 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1986 | 24.9 kg/ha | -76.6% |
| 1987 | 51.8 kg/ha | +108.0% |
| 1988 | 76.5 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 1989 | 154.7 kg/ha | +102.2% |
| 1990 | 94.3 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1991 | 125 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1992 | 171.8 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1993 | 287.2 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 1994 | 276.8 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 256.8 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 263.2 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 150 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1998 | 226.1 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1999 | 260.4 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 314.3 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2001 | 436.6 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2002 | 564.9 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2003 | 584.7 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 639.2 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 769.2 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2006 | 705.9 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 937.5 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2008 | 1,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 1,889 kg/ha | +88.9% |
| 2010 | 3,364 kg/ha | +78.1% |
| 2011 | 3,458 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 3,323 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 3,283 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 3,255 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 3,064 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 3,324 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 3,030 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2018 | 2,839 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 2,722 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 2,346 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 2,116 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 1,143 kg/ha | -46.0% |
| 2023 | 1,682 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 2024 | 2,164 kg/ha | +28.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 2,164 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,177 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Italy's 2,164 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,125 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +2841.7% | 3.6 kg/ha | 105.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49.54 kg/ha | 32.5 kg/ha | 68.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.98 kg/ha | 1 kg/ha | 33.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77.38 kg/ha | 3.2 kg/ha | 154.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 211.16 kg/ha | 94.3 kg/ha | 287.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 784.12 kg/ha | 314.3 kg/ha | 1,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,166 kg/ha | 2,722 kg/ha | 3,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,890 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 2,346 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — yield in Italy?
- Flax, raw or retted — yield in Italy was 2,164 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 3,458 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Italy rank for flax, raw or retted — yield?
- Italy ranks 9th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.