Linseed — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Linseed — Area harvested is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 1.33 million ha in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of).
The median across all reporting countries is 1,300 ha, and the mean is 61,594 ha.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 6,677.8%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 100.0%).
Linseed — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 1.33 million ha | 2024 | up 201.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 873,330 ha | 2024 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 3 | USSR | 680,000 ha | 1991 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 4 | China, mainland | 220,000 ha | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 4 | China | 220,000 ha | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Canada | 201,400 ha | 2024 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 7 | India | 174,975 ha | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 81,000 ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia PDR | 75,000 ha | 1992 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 10 | Ukraine | 53,500 ha | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 33,102 ha | 2024 | up 685.7% | volatile |
| 12 | France | 22,930 ha | 2024 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 22,455 ha | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Belarus | 19,000 ha | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 17,736 ha | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 12,003 ha | 1999 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia | 11,433 ha | 1992 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 18 | Nepal | 10,400 ha | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 8,750 ha | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia | 7,000 ha | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Egypt | 5,000 ha | 2024 | up 72.8% | falling |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 4,565 ha | 2024 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 4,435 ha | 2024 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 4,353 ha | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Germany | 3,500 ha | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 3,000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Hungary | 2,780 ha | 2024 | up 334.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 2,637 ha | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Pakistan | 2,408 ha | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 30 | Sweden | 2,190 ha | 2024 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,800 ha | 2021 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 32 | New Zealand | 1,750 ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Poland | 1,700 ha | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Austria | 1,300 ha | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Romania | 1,280 ha | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 1,120 ha | 2024 | up 641.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Czechia | 1,080 ha | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Tunisia | 1,070 ha | 2024 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 39 | Kenya | 959 ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 818 ha | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Lithuania | 780 ha | 2024 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Spain | 610 ha | 2024 | up 6,677.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Finland | 600 ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 44 | Eritrea | 592 ha | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Slovakia | 420 ha | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Latvia | 400 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Iraq | 354 ha | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 264 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 49 | Switzerland | 240 ha | 2024 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 50 | Ecuador | 176 ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Armenia | 138 ha | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Türkiye | 132 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Estonia | 90 ha | 2024 | up 109.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Yugoslav SFR | 65 ha | 1991 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Greece | 50 ha | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 43 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Ireland | 30 ha | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 57 | Belgium | 30 ha | 2024 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Mexico | 8 ha | 2024 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Japan | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Morocco | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Denmark | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Cyprus | 0 ha | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Malta | 0 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 60 | Portugal | 0 ha | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Italy | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 ha | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.18 million ha
- Europe 1.46 million ha
- Eastern Europe 1.41 million ha
- Asia 1.32 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.00 million ha
- Central Asia 876,373 ha
- Americas 293,207 ha
- Northern America 258,060 ha
- Southern Asia 225,450 ha
- Eastern Asia 220,000 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 139,915 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 129,660 ha
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.