Linseed — Production in Africa
Africa: Linseed — Production was 94,259 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Linseed — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 94,259 t for linseed — production in 2024.
The figure is down 7.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — production in Africa peaked at 187,838 t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 45,035 t, in 1976.
Africa ranks 12th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 69,067 t | — |
| 1962 | 70,813 t | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 70,980 t | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 75,935 t | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 75,019 t | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 71,830 t | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 69,659 t | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 77,615 t | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 81,840 t | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 81,520 t | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 78,900 t | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 95,330 t | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 70,200 t | -26.4% |
| 1974 | 46,366 t | -34.0% |
| 1975 | 62,128 t | +34.0% |
| 1976 | 45,035 t | -27.5% |
| 1977 | 48,167 t | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 53,274 t | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 58,818 t | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 64,961 t | +10.4% |
| 1981 | 56,398 t | -13.2% |
| 1982 | 58,281 t | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 60,029 t | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 73,927 t | +23.2% |
| 1985 | 63,471 t | -14.1% |
| 1986 | 70,553 t | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 57,700 t | -18.2% |
| 1988 | 56,927 t | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 52,020 t | -8.6% |
| 1990 | 60,297 t | +15.9% |
| 1991 | 67,500 t | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 60,848 t | -9.9% |
| 1993 | 62,803 t | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 74,319 t | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 85,313 t | +14.8% |
| 1996 | 151,126 t | +77.1% |
| 1997 | 96,259 t | -36.3% |
| 1998 | 76,914 t | -20.1% |
| 1999 | 71,151 t | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 67,720 t | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 100,039 t | +47.7% |
| 2002 | 71,631 t | -28.4% |
| 2003 | 104,899 t | +46.4% |
| 2004 | 113,616 t | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 185,449 t | +63.2% |
| 2006 | 158,749 t | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 140,867 t | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 187,838 t | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 164,080 t | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 74,823 t | -54.4% |
| 2011 | 121,594 t | +62.5% |
| 2012 | 131,415 t | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 93,504 t | -28.8% |
| 2014 | 91,334 t | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 106,608 t | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 99,999 t | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 101,066 t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 120,953 t | +19.7% |
| 2019 | 102,046 t | -15.6% |
| 2020 | 102,773 t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 90,524 t | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 62,408 t | -31.1% |
| 2023 | 101,865 t | +63.2% |
| 2024 | 94,259 t | -7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,640 t | 69,067 t | 81,840 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,974 t | 45,035 t | 95,330 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,427 t | 52,020 t | 73,927 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 80,653 t | 60,297 t | 151,126 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 129,489 t | 67,720 t | 187,838 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 104,334 t | 74,823 t | 131,415 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 90,366 t | 62,408 t | 102,773 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 9 Ukraine 66,160 t compare
- 10 France 39,620 t compare
- 11 Ethiopia PDR 35,000 t compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31,038 t compare
- 13 Afghanistan 27,819 t compare
- 14 Argentina 24,998 t compare
- 15 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,420 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — production in Africa?
- Linseed — production in Africa was 94,259 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 187,838 t in 2008.
- What is the lowest linseed — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,035 t in 1976.
- How does Africa rank for linseed — production?
- Africa ranks 12th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Linseed — Production. 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.