Linseed — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Linseed — Area harvested was 293,207 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Linseed — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, linseed — area harvested in Americas stood at 293,207 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.7% on the previous year and down 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Americas peaked at 3.52 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 293,207 ha, in 2024.
Americas ranks 6th of 23 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Linseed — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.14 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.12 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 3.52 million ha | +12.8% |
| 1964 | 3.38 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 3.35 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 2.97 million ha | -11.4% |
| 1967 | 2.14 million ha | -27.9% |
| 1968 | 2.19 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 2.95 million ha | +34.6% |
| 1970 | 3.48 million ha | +18.1% |
| 1971 | 2.32 million ha | -33.4% |
| 1972 | 1.55 million ha | -33.1% |
| 1973 | 1.79 million ha | +15.5% |
| 1974 | 1.71 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1975 | 1.77 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 1.27 million ha | -28.3% |
| 1977 | 1.87 million ha | +47.1% |
| 1978 | 1.79 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1979 | 2.20 million ha | +22.5% |
| 1980 | 1.88 million ha | -14.4% |
| 1981 | 1.49 million ha | -20.5% |
| 1982 | 1.79 million ha | +19.7% |
| 1983 | 1.56 million ha | -12.8% |
| 1984 | 1.79 million ha | +14.8% |
| 1985 | 1.62 million ha | -9.6% |
| 1986 | 1.76 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 1.55 million ha | -11.9% |
| 1988 | 1.28 million ha | -17.3% |
| 1989 | 1.26 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 1.40 million ha | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 1.25 million ha | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 773,791 ha | -38.0% |
| 1993 | 810,564 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 951,070 ha | +17.3% |
| 1995 | 1.09 million ha | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 820,381 ha | -24.5% |
| 1997 | 900,015 ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 1.11 million ha | +23.4% |
| 1999 | 972,985 ha | -12.4% |
| 2000 | 877,783 ha | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 933,678 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 948,801 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 992,686 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 772,847 ha | -22.1% |
| 2005 | 1.18 million ha | +53.3% |
| 2006 | 1.18 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 725,901 ha | -38.2% |
| 2008 | 797,087 ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 789,666 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 570,818 ha | -27.7% |
| 2011 | 399,029 ha | -30.1% |
| 2012 | 528,769 ha | +32.5% |
| 2013 | 518,152 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 783,411 ha | +51.2% |
| 2015 | 851,050 ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 522,665 ha | -38.6% |
| 2017 | 557,601 ha | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 450,641 ha | -19.2% |
| 2019 | 475,743 ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 517,979 ha | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 529,894 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 439,854 ha | -17.0% |
| 2023 | 339,730 ha | -22.8% |
| 2024 | 293,207 ha | -13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.97 million ha | 2.14 million ha | 3.52 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.98 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 3.48 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.60 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 1.88 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 million ha | 773,791 ha | 1.40 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 919,843 ha | 725,901 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 565,788 ha | 399,029 ha | 851,050 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 424,133 ha | 293,207 ha | 529,894 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 264 ha compare
- 3 USSR 680,000 ha compare
- 4 China 220,000 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 220,000 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 132 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 ha compare
- 6 Canada 201,400 ha compare
- 7 India 174,975 ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia 81,000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia PDR 75,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -5.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -4.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — area harvested in Americas?
- Linseed — area harvested in Americas was 293,207 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 3.52 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 293,207 ha in 2024.
- How does Americas rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 6th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Linseed — Area harvested. 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.