Linseed — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Linseed — Area harvested was 129,660 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Linseed — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for linseed — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 129,660 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 296,417 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 93,692 ha, in 2010.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 183,225 ha | — |
| 1962 | 186,630 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 192,867 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 193,739 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 198,048 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 199,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 198,600 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 198,500 ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 202,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 205,400 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 209,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 219,700 ha | +4.9% |
| 1973 | 230,800 ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 169,800 ha | -26.4% |
| 1975 | 214,900 ha | +26.6% |
| 1976 | 181,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1977 | 170,800 ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 177,300 ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 183,420 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 194,860 ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 203,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 219,500 ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 240,360 ha | +9.5% |
| 1984 | 243,278 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 250,050 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 232,617 ha | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 230,446 ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 214,642 ha | -6.9% |
| 1989 | 203,045 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 216,887 ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 215,003 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 207,084 ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 213,067 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 219,964 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 239,888 ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 296,417 ha | +23.6% |
| 1997 | 249,497 ha | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 205,075 ha | -17.8% |
| 1999 | 189,110 ha | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 106,599 ha | -43.6% |
| 2001 | 163,379 ha | +53.3% |
| 2002 | 131,271 ha | -19.7% |
| 2003 | 176,942 ha | +34.8% |
| 2004 | 173,754 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 285,887 ha | +64.5% |
| 2006 | 244,925 ha | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 203,405 ha | -17.0% |
| 2008 | 174,990 ha | -14.0% |
| 2009 | 165,026 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 93,692 ha | -43.2% |
| 2011 | 137,904 ha | +47.2% |
| 2012 | 144,634 ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 123,884 ha | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 111,572 ha | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 113,791 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 102,461 ha | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 128,845 ha | +25.8% |
| 2018 | 139,308 ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 125,519 ha | -9.9% |
| 2020 | 125,485 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 128,930 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 99,201 ha | -23.1% |
| 2023 | 134,013 ha | +35.1% |
| 2024 | 129,660 ha | -3.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +64.5% | 173,754 ha | 285,887 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 194,790 ha | 183,225 ha | 202,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 196,252 ha | 169,800 ha | 230,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 223,210 ha | 194,860 ha | 250,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 225,199 ha | 189,110 ha | 296,417 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 182,618 ha | 106,599 ha | 285,887 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 122,161 ha | 93,692 ha | 144,634 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 123,458 ha | 99,201 ha | 134,013 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Russian Federation 1.33 million ha compare
- 2 Kazakhstan 873,330 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Linseed — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 129,660 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 296,417 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,692 ha in 2010.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 5 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.