Oil of linseed — Production in World
World: Oil of linseed — Production was 780,982 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Oil of linseed — Production in World, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
World recorded 780,982 t for oil of linseed — production in 2023.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of linseed — production in World peaked at 1.06 million t in 1971 and was at its lowest, 497,385 t, in 2008.
World ranks 1st of 24 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Oil of linseed — Production in World, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 850,708 t | — |
| 1962 | 969,770 t | +14.0% |
| 1963 | 932,174 t | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 939,300 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 1.04 million t | +11.0% |
| 1966 | 933,569 t | -10.5% |
| 1967 | 823,746 t | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 816,880 t | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 833,106 t | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 1.05 million t | +25.8% |
| 1971 | 1.06 million t | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 877,256 t | -16.9% |
| 1973 | 769,032 t | -12.3% |
| 1974 | 649,228 t | -15.6% |
| 1975 | 681,962 t | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 682,874 t | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 776,217 t | +13.7% |
| 1978 | 832,580 t | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 797,283 t | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 748,918 t | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 735,326 t | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 703,933 t | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 778,436 t | +10.6% |
| 1984 | 724,618 t | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 677,717 t | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 719,817 t | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 823,025 t | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 726,419 t | -11.7% |
| 1989 | 682,372 t | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 666,519 t | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 686,198 t | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 649,698 t | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 588,002 t | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 666,399 t | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 724,969 t | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 730,445 t | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 693,482 t | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 693,782 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 743,096 t | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 663,914 t | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 559,785 t | -15.7% |
| 2002 | 530,563 t | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 562,125 t | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 587,456 t | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 621,268 t | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 657,621 t | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 565,627 t | -14.0% |
| 2008 | 497,385 t | -12.1% |
| 2009 | 546,950 t | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 541,318 t | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 544,157 t | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 597,856 t | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 596,302 t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 638,182 t | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 669,018 t | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 763,269 t | +14.1% |
| 2017 | 762,593 t | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 758,391 t | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 759,720 t | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 712,853 t | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 699,609 t | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 736,579 t | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 780,982 t | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 904,679 t | 816,880 t | 1.04 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 817,041 t | 649,228 t | 1.06 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 732,058 t | 677,717 t | 823,025 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 684,259 t | 588,002 t | 743,096 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 579,269 t | 497,385 t | 663,914 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 663,081 t | 541,318 t | 763,269 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 732,506 t | 699,609 t | 780,982 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 China 319,925 t compare
- 2 China, mainland 319,300 t compare
- 3 Belgium 125,100 t compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 87,500 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of linseed — production in World?
- Oil of linseed — production in World was 780,982 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of linseed — production recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 million t in 1971.
- What is the lowest oil of linseed — production recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 497,385 t in 2008.
- How does World rank for oil of linseed — production?
- World ranks 1st out of 24 groups with data for 2023.
- Is oil of linseed — production rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil 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.