Linseed — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Linseed — Area harvested was 624 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Linseed — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for linseed — area harvested in Western Asia is 624 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 20.0% on the previous year and up 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 43,277 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 355 ha, in 2012.
Western Asia ranks 22nd of 23 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Linseed — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,277 ha | — |
| 1962 | 41,181 ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 41,047 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 39,296 ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 40,498 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 33,765 ha | -16.6% |
| 1967 | 34,187 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 31,548 ha | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 33,217 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 28,219 ha | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 20,211 ha | -28.4% |
| 1972 | 17,198 ha | -14.9% |
| 1973 | 12,071 ha | -29.8% |
| 1974 | 15,077 ha | +24.9% |
| 1975 | 15,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 11,894 ha | -22.3% |
| 1977 | 10,231 ha | -14.0% |
| 1978 | 5,725 ha | -44.0% |
| 1979 | 11,350 ha | +98.3% |
| 1980 | 10,975 ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 8,300 ha | -24.4% |
| 1982 | 2,473 ha | -70.2% |
| 1983 | 5,500 ha | +122.4% |
| 1984 | 8,225 ha | +49.5% |
| 1985 | 8,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 5,950 ha | -27.4% |
| 1987 | 5,612 ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 5,500 ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 5,090 ha | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 3,600 ha | -29.3% |
| 1991 | 2,694 ha | -25.2% |
| 1992 | 1,916 ha | -28.9% |
| 1993 | 1,320 ha | -31.1% |
| 1994 | 1,905 ha | +44.3% |
| 1995 | 1,226 ha | -35.6% |
| 1996 | 925 ha | -24.6% |
| 1997 | 935 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 905 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 1,008 ha | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 920 ha | -8.7% |
| 2001 | 862 ha | -6.3% |
| 2002 | 971 ha | +12.6% |
| 2003 | 980 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 747 ha | -23.8% |
| 2005 | 651 ha | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 621 ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 522 ha | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 519 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 503 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 423 ha | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 389 ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 355 ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 376 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 436 ha | +16.0% |
| 2015 | 473 ha | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 533 ha | +12.7% |
| 2017 | 614 ha | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 669 ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 506 ha | -24.4% |
| 2020 | 535 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 479 ha | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 599 ha | +25.1% |
| 2023 | 520 ha | -13.2% |
| 2024 | 624 ha | +20.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Area harvested in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +122.4% | 2,473 ha | 5,500 ha |
| 1979 | +98.3% | 5,725 ha | 11,350 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,557 ha | 31,548 ha | 43,277 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,728 ha | 5,725 ha | 28,219 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,582 ha | 2,473 ha | 10,975 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,643 ha | 905 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 729.6 ha | 503 ha | 980 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 477.4 ha | 355 ha | 669 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 551.4 ha | 479 ha | 624 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Linseed — area harvested in Western Asia was 624 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 43,277 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 355 ha in 2012.
- How does Western Asia rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 22nd out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.