Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Romania
Romania: Flax, raw or retted — Yield was 3,080 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, flax, raw or retted — yield in Romania stood at 3,080 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 19.4% on the previous year and up 105.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — yield in Romania peaked at 3,593 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 223.7 kg/ha, in 1981.
Romania ranks 6th of 37 countries on this measure, 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 339.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 506.4 kg/ha | +49.2% |
| 1963 | 434.9 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1964 | 405 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1965 | 566.5 kg/ha | +39.9% |
| 1966 | 637.4 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 512 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1968 | 325.4 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1969 | 417.9 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1970 | 449.8 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 570.3 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1972 | 432.6 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1973 | 369.8 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1974 | 478.9 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1975 | 462.3 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 731.4 kg/ha | +58.2% |
| 1977 | 395.7 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1978 | 569.5 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 1979 | 309.3 kg/ha | -45.7% |
| 1980 | 464 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 223.7 kg/ha | -51.8% |
| 1982 | 245.6 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 428.6 kg/ha | +74.5% |
| 1984 | 506.1 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1985 | 405.8 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1986 | 306 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1987 | 424.7 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 1988 | 400.9 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 442.2 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 610.3 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1991 | 1,424 kg/ha | +133.4% |
| 1992 | 2,256 kg/ha | +58.4% |
| 1993 | 2,240 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 2,627 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1995 | 3,202 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1996 | 1,784 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 1997 | 2,787 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 1998 | 2,341 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 2,078 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 2,554 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2001 | 1,464 kg/ha | -42.7% |
| 2002 | 2,041 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2003 | 1,811 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 3,593 kg/ha | +98.4% |
| 2005 | 2,908 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2006 | 1,893 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 2007 | 3,000 kg/ha | +58.5% |
| 2008 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 769.2 kg/ha | -74.4% |
| 2013 | 1,500 kg/ha | +95.0% |
| 2015 | 2,434 kg/ha | +62.3% |
| 2016 | 2,257 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 1,333 kg/ha | -40.9% |
| 2020 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,250 kg/ha | +143.8% |
| 2022 | 2,400 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2023 | 2,579 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 3,080 kg/ha | +19.4% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 3,080 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,177 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Romania's 3,080 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,125 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 460.56 kg/ha | 325.4 kg/ha | 637.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 476.96 kg/ha | 309.3 kg/ha | 731.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 384.76 kg/ha | 223.7 kg/ha | 506.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,135 kg/ha | 610.3 kg/ha | 3,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,474 kg/ha | 1,464 kg/ha | 3,593 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,659 kg/ha | 769.2 kg/ha | 2,434 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2020s | 2,528 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — yield in Romania?
- Flax, raw or retted — yield in Romania was 3,080 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 3,593 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 223.7 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Romania rank for flax, raw or retted — yield?
- Romania ranks 6th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.