Linseed — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Linseed — Yield was 400 kg/ha in 1983. ▲ Rising
Linseed — Yield in Portugal, 1961–1983
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 400 kg/ha for linseed — yield in 1983.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in Portugal peaked at 472.1 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 188.7 kg/ha, in 1976.
Portugal ranks 54th of 62 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Linseed — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 295.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 256.4 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1963 | 259.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 339.5 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1965 | 365.9 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1966 | 341.4 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 408.9 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1968 | 397.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 412.2 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 396.9 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 395.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 472.1 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1973 | 383.1 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1974 | 404.5 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 400 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 188.7 kg/ha | -52.8% |
| 1977 | 333.3 kg/ha | +76.6% |
| 1978 | 450 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1979 | 461.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 360 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1981 | 416.7 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1982 | 400 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 400 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,207 kg/ha, 33% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 400 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,202 kg/ha, 33% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Yield in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +76.6% | 188.7 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 341.8 kg/ha | 256.4 kg/ha | 412.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 388.56 kg/ha | 188.7 kg/ha | 472.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 394.18 kg/ha | 360 kg/ha | 416.7 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 51 Japan 487.8 kg/ha compare
- 52 Ethiopia PDR 466.7 kg/ha compare
- 53 Iraq 430.7 kg/ha compare
- 55 Belarus 368.4 kg/ha
- 56 Uzbekistan 333.3 kg/ha
- 57 Ecuador 332.4 kg/ha
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — yield in Portugal?
- Linseed — yield in Portugal was 400 kg/ha in 1983, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 472.1 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 188.7 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Portugal rank for linseed — yield?
- Portugal ranks 54th out of 62 countries with data for 1983.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Linseed — Yield. 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.