Linseed — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Linseed — Yield was 1,726 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Linseed — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 1,726 kg/ha for linseed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and up 56.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in Western Europe peaked at 1,924 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 571.8 kg/ha, in 1981.
Western Europe ranks 2nd of 23 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 724.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 756.4 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 679.9 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1964 | 714.8 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 588.2 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1966 | 653.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 645.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 615.9 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 710 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1970 | 633.9 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 623.6 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 628.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 664.7 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 703.7 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 835.6 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1976 | 614.3 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1977 | 783.2 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1978 | 727.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 748.6 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 675.4 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 571.8 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1982 | 750.2 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1983 | 648.9 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1984 | 662 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 745.8 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 657.2 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1987 | 710.8 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 726.9 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 608.8 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1990 | 748.3 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1991 | 1,458 kg/ha | +94.8% |
| 1992 | 969.2 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 1993 | 1,202 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1994 | 1,335 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 1,065 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1996 | 971.7 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 1,231 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1998 | 1,667 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1999 | 918.4 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 2000 | 1,041 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2001 | 1,293 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2002 | 1,337 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 1,251 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 1,210 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 1,286 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 1,435 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 1,269 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 1,150 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 1,276 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 1,311 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 1,312 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,372 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 1,431 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 1,106 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2015 | 1,434 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2016 | 1,319 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 1,442 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 1,732 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2019 | 1,924 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 1,795 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 1,850 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,679 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 1,853 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 1,726 kg/ha | -6.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +94.8% | 748.3 kg/ha | 1,458 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 676.52 kg/ha | 588.2 kg/ha | 756.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 696.33 kg/ha | 614.3 kg/ha | 835.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 675.78 kg/ha | 571.8 kg/ha | 750.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,157 kg/ha | 748.3 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,255 kg/ha | 1,041 kg/ha | 1,435 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,438 kg/ha | 1,106 kg/ha | 1,924 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,780 kg/ha | 1,679 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — yield in Western Europe?
- Linseed — yield in Western Europe was 1,726 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,924 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 571.8 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Western Europe rank for linseed — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 2nd out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.