Oil of linseed — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Oil of linseed — Production is currently reported for 66 countries. The highest value is 319,925 t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Yugoslav SFR.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,128 t, and the mean is 17,472 t.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 53,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).
Oil of linseed — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 319,925 t | 2023 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 319,300 t | 2023 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Belgium | 125,100 t | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 87,500 t | 1999 | up 414.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 35,000 t | 2023 | up 1,573.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 32,500 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 29,800 t | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 8 | India | 29,000 t | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 9 | USSR | 25,514 t | 1991 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 19,329 t | 2023 | up 2,534.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 12,700 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 12 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11,900 t | 2023 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 13 | France | 10,800 t | 2023 | up 53,900.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Italy | 10,100 t | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Ethiopia PDR | 10,072 t | 1992 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 9,500 t | 2023 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 7,592 t | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Czechoslovakia | 6,900 t | 1992 | down 68.1% | rising |
| 19 | Egypt | 6,000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Nepal | 3,426 t | 2023 | up 57.1% | flat |
| 21 | Brazil | 3,100 t | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 22 | Austria | 3,000 t | 2023 | up 355.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,918 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Spain | 2,500 t | 2023 | up 78.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Ukraine | 2,500 t | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Czechia | 2,200 t | 2023 | up 362.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Denmark | 2,165 t | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Australia | 2,100 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 2,000 t | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Uruguay | 1,570 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Romania | 1,400 t | 2023 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 1,300 t | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 1,155 t | 2023 | up 644.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Sweden | 1,100 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Switzerland | 1,100 t | 2023 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Tunisia | 1,094 t | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 37 | Pakistan | 1,071 t | 2023 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 38 | Japan | 951 t | 2023 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 39 | New Zealand | 818.01 t | 2023 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Chile | 811.19 t | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Morocco | 738.15 t | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 42 | China, Taiwan Province of | 624.6 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 600 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Finland | 525.25 t | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Belarus | 500 t | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Republic of Korea | 500 t | 2023 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Israel | 444.2 t | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Argentina | 392 t | 2023 | up 92.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Norway | 324.26 t | 2022 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Greece | 302.73 t | 2023 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Kenya | 293.95 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Portugal | 273.8 t | 2023 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Slovakia | 200 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 54 | Iraq | 180.12 t | 2023 | up 296.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Lithuania | 151.51 t | 2016 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 134.35 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Eritrea | 74 t | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Uzbekistan | 52.48 t | 2023 | up 2,201.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Jamaica | 15.4 t | 2023 | up 158.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Mauritius | 13.49 t | 2023 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Barbados | 6.3 t | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Estonia | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Ireland | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Yugoslav SFR | 0 t | 1991 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 780,982 t
- Asia 396,270 t
- Eastern Asia 321,376 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 54,629 t
- Europe 254,422 t
- Türkiye 11,800 t
- European Union (27) 203,422 t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 129.52 t
- Western Europe 172,500 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 35.19 t
- Americas 89,359 t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 t
- Northern America 81,900 t
- United States of America 69,200 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 63,990 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 60,199 t
- Southern Asia 54,825 t
- Eastern Europe 53,055 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 52,975 t
- Africa 38,014 t
- Eastern Africa 30,181 t
- Northern Europe 15,690 t
- Southern Europe 13,176 t
- Western Asia 12,424 t
- Northern Africa 7,832 t
- Central Asia 7,644 t
- South America 6,003 t
- Oceania 2,918 t
- Central America 1,434 t
- Caribbean 21.7 t
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.