Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Slovakia
Slovakia: Flax, raw or retted — Yield was 1,306 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Slovakia, 1993–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 1,306 kg/ha for flax, raw or retted — yield in 2017.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — yield in Slovakia peaked at 2,994 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 726.5 kg/ha, in 2000.
Slovakia ranks 14th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2,194 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 2,179 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 2,994 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1996 | 1,612 kg/ha | -46.2% |
| 1997 | 1,740 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 2,174 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1999 | 1,344 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 2000 | 726.5 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 2001 | 1,985 kg/ha | +173.3% |
| 2002 | 1,677 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2003 | 2,313 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 2004 | 2,380 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 975.6 kg/ha | -59.0% |
| 2006 | 1,030 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 1,462 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 2010 | 1,424 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 1,404 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,384 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 1,365 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,331 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 1,317 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,321 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,306 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 1,306 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,177 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 1,306 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,125 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Yield in Slovakia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +173.3% | 726.5 kg/ha | 1,985 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,034 kg/ha | 1,344 kg/ha | 2,994 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,505 kg/ha | 726.5 kg/ha | 2,380 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,356 kg/ha | 1,306 kg/ha | 1,424 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
- 11 Estonia 1,971 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bulgaria 1,820 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,465 kg/ha compare
- 15 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,258 kg/ha compare
- 16 New Zealand 1,125 kg/ha
- 17 Chile 1,069 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Slovakia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0159 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 454.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1564 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4681 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is flax, raw or retted — yield in Slovakia?
- Flax, raw or retted — yield in Slovakia was 1,306 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,994 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 726.5 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Slovakia rank for flax, raw or retted — yield?
- Slovakia ranks 14th out of 37 countries with data for 2017.
- Is flax, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia 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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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.