Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Flax, raw or retted — Yield was 933.3 kg/ha in 1983. ▲ Rising
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Portugal, 1961–1983
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 Portugal is 933.3 kg/ha, measured in 1983.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — yield in Portugal peaked at 1,077 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 434 kg/ha, in 1976.
Portugal ranks 20th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 955.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 809.5 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1963 | 781.5 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 778.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 836.2 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 782.8 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 888.2 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1968 | 905.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 942.7 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 916 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 904 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 1,076 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1973 | 880.6 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1974 | 932.6 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 933.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 434 kg/ha | -53.5% |
| 1977 | 766.7 kg/ha | +76.7% |
| 1978 | 1,050 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 1979 | 1,077 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 840 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1981 | 958.3 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 927.3 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 933.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 933.3 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,177 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 933.3 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,125 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Portugal 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 | +76.7% | 434 kg/ha | 766.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 853.41 kg/ha | 778.6 kg/ha | 955.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 897.02 kg/ha | 434 kg/ha | 1,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 914.72 kg/ha | 840 kg/ha | 958.3 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — yield in Portugal?
- Flax, raw or retted — yield in Portugal was 933.3 kg/ha in 1983, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,077 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 434 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Portugal rank for flax, raw or retted — yield?
- Portugal ranks 20th out of 37 countries with data for 1983.
- Is flax, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.