Linseed — Area harvested in South America
South America: Linseed — Area harvested was 35,139 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Linseed — Area harvested in South 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 South America is 35,139 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in South America peaked at 1.54 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 21,504 ha, in 2019.
That places South America 16th out of 23 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.26 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.38 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 1.54 million ha | +11.4% |
| 1964 | 1.42 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 1.27 million ha | -10.5% |
| 1966 | 1.13 million ha | -11.0% |
| 1967 | 912,610 ha | -19.4% |
| 1968 | 712,945 ha | -21.9% |
| 1969 | 935,944 ha | +31.3% |
| 1970 | 967,994 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 951,909 ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 544,232 ha | -42.8% |
| 1973 | 506,394 ha | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 444,750 ha | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 579,450 ha | +30.3% |
| 1976 | 552,756 ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 757,959 ha | +37.1% |
| 1978 | 979,077 ha | +29.2% |
| 1979 | 902,112 ha | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 1.05 million ha | +16.6% |
| 1981 | 791,120 ha | -24.8% |
| 1982 | 857,046 ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 892,271 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 849,272 ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 638,402 ha | -24.8% |
| 1986 | 723,951 ha | +13.4% |
| 1987 | 768,954 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 686,794 ha | -10.7% |
| 1989 | 598,480 ha | -12.9% |
| 1990 | 600,518 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 610,239 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 454,071 ha | -25.6% |
| 1993 | 227,354 ha | -49.9% |
| 1994 | 161,562 ha | -28.9% |
| 1995 | 167,445 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 208,146 ha | +24.3% |
| 1997 | 104,433 ha | -49.8% |
| 1998 | 119,703 ha | +14.6% |
| 1999 | 111,785 ha | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 77,503 ha | -30.7% |
| 2001 | 37,408 ha | -51.7% |
| 2002 | 29,901 ha | -20.1% |
| 2003 | 24,976 ha | -16.5% |
| 2004 | 45,147 ha | +80.8% |
| 2005 | 64,308 ha | +42.4% |
| 2006 | 71,089 ha | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 50,361 ha | -29.2% |
| 2008 | 26,997 ha | -46.4% |
| 2009 | 36,696 ha | +35.9% |
| 2010 | 48,858 ha | +33.1% |
| 2011 | 35,019 ha | -28.3% |
| 2012 | 31,989 ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 35,442 ha | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 32,286 ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 39,604 ha | +22.7% |
| 2016 | 33,037 ha | -16.6% |
| 2017 | 28,617 ha | -13.4% |
| 2018 | 28,706 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 21,504 ha | -25.1% |
| 2020 | 26,881 ha | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 24,276 ha | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 30,014 ha | +23.6% |
| 2023 | 36,461 ha | +21.5% |
| 2024 | 35,139 ha | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.17 million ha | 712,945 ha | 1.54 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 718,663 ha | 444,750 ha | 979,077 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 785,777 ha | 598,480 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 276,526 ha | 104,433 ha | 610,239 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,439 ha | 24,976 ha | 77,503 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,506 ha | 21,504 ha | 48,858 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,554 ha | 24,276 ha | 36,461 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 13 Argentina 22,455 ha compare
- 14 Belarus 19,000 ha compare
- 15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17,736 ha compare
- 16 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,003 ha compare
- 17 Czechoslovakia 11,433 ha compare
- 18 Nepal 10,400 ha compare
- 19 Australia and New Zealand 8,750 ha compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.51 million An (2024)
- Potatoes — Yield 20,445 kg/ha (2024)
- Potatoes — Production 18.81 million t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight 29 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 15.37 million An (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production 254,037 t (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 17 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 10.33 million 1000 An (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 68.06 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — area harvested in South America?
- Linseed — area harvested in South America was 35,139 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.54 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,504 ha in 2019.
- How does South America rank for linseed — area harvested?
- South America ranks 16th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South 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.