Linseed — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Linseed — Area harvested was 592 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Linseed — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for linseed — area harvested in Eritrea is 592 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 4,200 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 258 ha, in 2008.
That places Eritrea 44th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Linseed — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4,200 ha | — |
| 1994 | 2,900 ha | -31.0% |
| 1995 | 2,376 ha | -18.1% |
| 1996 | 3,000 ha | +26.3% |
| 1997 | 2,600 ha | -13.3% |
| 1998 | 2,400 ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 1,304 ha | -45.7% |
| 2000 | 1,154 ha | -11.5% |
| 2001 | 848 ha | -26.5% |
| 2002 | 1,236 ha | +45.8% |
| 2003 | 340 ha | -72.5% |
| 2004 | 655 ha | +92.6% |
| 2005 | 330 ha | -49.6% |
| 2006 | 893 ha | +170.6% |
| 2007 | 788 ha | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 258 ha | -67.3% |
| 2009 | 1,612 ha | +524.8% |
| 2010 | 921 ha | -42.9% |
| 2011 | 669 ha | -27.4% |
| 2012 | 719 ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 683 ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 574 ha | -16.0% |
| 2015 | 574 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 610 ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 586 ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 590 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 596 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 591 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 592 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 593 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 592 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 592 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +524.8% | 258 ha | 1,612 ha |
| 2006 | +170.6% | 330 ha | 893 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,683 ha | 1,304 ha | 4,200 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 811.4 ha | 258 ha | 1,612 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 652.2 ha | 574 ha | 921 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 592 ha | 591 ha | 593 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Linseed — area harvested in Eritrea was 592 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 4,200 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 258 ha in 2008.
- How does Eritrea rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 44th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.