Linseed — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Linseed — Area harvested was 29,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Linseed — Area harvested in Western Europe, 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 Europe is 29,000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.7% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 234,241 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 22,793 ha, in 2013.
Western Europe ranks 17th 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 125,997 ha | — |
| 1962 | 143,582 ha | +14.0% |
| 1963 | 152,180 ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 161,026 ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 123,357 ha | -23.4% |
| 1966 | 120,054 ha | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 94,180 ha | -21.6% |
| 1968 | 67,024 ha | -28.8% |
| 1969 | 77,241 ha | +15.2% |
| 1970 | 63,743 ha | -17.5% |
| 1971 | 72,240 ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 57,345 ha | -20.6% |
| 1973 | 48,549 ha | -15.3% |
| 1974 | 57,052 ha | +17.5% |
| 1975 | 64,368 ha | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 78,731 ha | +22.3% |
| 1977 | 73,452 ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 63,913 ha | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 61,615 ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 60,315 ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 53,257 ha | -11.7% |
| 1982 | 56,888 ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 51,502 ha | -9.5% |
| 1984 | 59,756 ha | +16.0% |
| 1985 | 74,160 ha | +24.1% |
| 1986 | 57,910 ha | -21.9% |
| 1987 | 65,135 ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 69,849 ha | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 76,486 ha | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 78,184 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 25,097 ha | -67.9% |
| 1992 | 95,669 ha | +281.2% |
| 1993 | 56,153 ha | -41.3% |
| 1994 | 80,217 ha | +42.9% |
| 1995 | 84,649 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 109,615 ha | +29.5% |
| 1997 | 116,073 ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 132,955 ha | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 234,241 ha | +76.2% |
| 2000 | 136,839 ha | -41.6% |
| 2001 | 71,838 ha | -47.5% |
| 2002 | 42,626 ha | -40.7% |
| 2003 | 51,293 ha | +20.3% |
| 2004 | 49,019 ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 55,152 ha | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 59,674 ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 43,228 ha | -27.6% |
| 2008 | 26,690 ha | -38.3% |
| 2009 | 27,794 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 41,183 ha | +48.2% |
| 2011 | 34,090 ha | -17.2% |
| 2012 | 29,786 ha | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 22,793 ha | -23.5% |
| 2014 | 29,223 ha | +28.2% |
| 2015 | 42,881 ha | +46.7% |
| 2016 | 46,992 ha | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 53,011 ha | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 32,422 ha | -38.8% |
| 2019 | 28,417 ha | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 38,689 ha | +36.1% |
| 2021 | 46,284 ha | +19.6% |
| 2022 | 36,887 ha | -20.3% |
| 2023 | 33,618 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 29,000 ha | -13.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Area harvested in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +281.2% | 25,097 ha | 95,669 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118,293 ha | 67,024 ha | 161,026 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,101 ha | 48,549 ha | 78,731 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,526 ha | 51,502 ha | 76,486 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 101,285 ha | 25,097 ha | 234,241 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,415 ha | 26,690 ha | 136,839 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,080 ha | 22,793 ha | 53,011 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,896 ha | 29,000 ha | 46,284 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 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
- 20 Australia 7,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -6.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Linseed — area harvested in Western Europe was 29,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 234,241 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,793 ha in 2013.
- How does Western Europe rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 17th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.