Linseed — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Linseed — Area harvested was 258,060 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Linseed — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for linseed — area harvested in Northern America is 258,060 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.9% on the previous year and down 65.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 2.49 million ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 258,060 ha, in 2024.
Northern America ranks 7th of 23 groups on this measure, 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.86 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.72 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1963 | 1.96 million ha | +14.1% |
| 1964 | 1.94 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 2.06 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 1.82 million ha | -11.7% |
| 1967 | 1.21 million ha | -33.3% |
| 1968 | 1.46 million ha | +20.6% |
| 1969 | 2.00 million ha | +36.8% |
| 1970 | 2.49 million ha | +24.3% |
| 1971 | 1.34 million ha | -46.1% |
| 1972 | 999,559 ha | -25.4% |
| 1973 | 1.27 million ha | +27.5% |
| 1974 | 1.26 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 1.18 million ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 710,244 ha | -39.7% |
| 1977 | 1.10 million ha | +54.8% |
| 1978 | 804,084 ha | -26.9% |
| 1979 | 1.29 million ha | +59.9% |
| 1980 | 822,700 ha | -36.0% |
| 1981 | 699,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 928,700 ha | +32.9% |
| 1983 | 664,000 ha | -28.5% |
| 1984 | 938,100 ha | +41.3% |
| 1985 | 976,700 ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 1.03 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 778,700 ha | -24.5% |
| 1988 | 592,700 ha | -23.9% |
| 1989 | 662,900 ha | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 796,400 ha | +20.1% |
| 1991 | 637,400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 319,670 ha | -49.8% |
| 1993 | 583,100 ha | +82.4% |
| 1994 | 789,500 ha | +35.4% |
| 1995 | 919,570 ha | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 612,230 ha | -33.4% |
| 1997 | 795,580 ha | +29.9% |
| 1998 | 991,040 ha | +24.6% |
| 1999 | 861,190 ha | -13.1% |
| 2000 | 800,120 ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 895,610 ha | +11.9% |
| 2002 | 917,900 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 966,360 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 724,800 ha | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 1.12 million ha | +54.4% |
| 2006 | 1.10 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 665,240 ha | -39.3% |
| 2008 | 762,790 ha | +14.7% |
| 2009 | 750,370 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 518,360 ha | -30.9% |
| 2011 | 361,410 ha | -30.3% |
| 2012 | 494,180 ha | +36.7% |
| 2013 | 481,510 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 751,120 ha | +56.0% |
| 2015 | 811,440 ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 489,620 ha | -39.7% |
| 2017 | 528,980 ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 421,930 ha | -20.2% |
| 2019 | 454,230 ha | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 491,090 ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 505,610 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 409,830 ha | -18.9% |
| 2023 | 303,250 ha | -26.0% |
| 2024 | 258,060 ha | -14.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.78 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 2.06 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.24 million ha | 710,244 ha | 2.49 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 809,530 ha | 592,700 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 730,568 ha | 319,670 ha | 991,040 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 869,787 ha | 665,240 ha | 1.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 531,278 ha | 361,410 ha | 811,440 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 393,568 ha | 258,060 ha | 505,610 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 24.14 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 411,780 1000 An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 1.13 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 20,080 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 22.70 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,271 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 52.99 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 112.44 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 10,649 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — area harvested in Northern America?
- Linseed — area harvested in Northern America was 258,060 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.49 million ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 258,060 ha in 2024.
- How does Northern America rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 7th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern America 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.