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Which Country Produces the Most Linseed?

Linseed Production (tonnes), 2022
Agriculture | November 26, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 50 countries in 2022, Russia ranked the highest in linseed production with 1,766,559 tonnes followed by Kazakhstan and Canada. On the other end of the scale was Turkey with 8.00 tonnes, Mexico with 11.2 tonnes and Ecuador with 57.4 tonnes.

Total linseed production reached 3,973,932 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 16.1 % more than in the previous year and 49.0 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total linseed production reached an all time high of 4,235,815 tonnes in 1970 and an all time low of 1,658,238 tonnes in 2007. The average annual growth amounted to 0.454 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Russia, accounted for 44.5 % of linseed production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 77.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 96.2 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Linseed Production indicator page.

Linseed Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Afghanistan tonnes 219 20,790 35,500 55,000 34,216
Argentina tonnes 16,610 13,575 19,515 9,950 19,515
Canada tonnes 541,400 555,100 492,400 486,100 578,100
China tonnes 368,541 363,000 366,000 340,000 330,000
Egypt tonnes 7,733 8,423 20,000 18,000 18,000
Ethiopia tonnes 87,912 88,210 96,686 79,695 80,457
France tonnes 43,155 54,730 45,830 45,500 59,540
India tonnes 125,000 184,250 173,760 99,070 120,670
Kazakhstan tonnes 561,771 683,338 933,533 1,007,244 1,058,247
Nepal tonnes 7,672 9,903 14,816 12,477 11,237
Russia tonnes 673,338 611,283 557,888 658,644 787,923
Sweden tonnes 16,800 7,800 4,000 4,300 3,600
USA tonnes 235,580 97,590 113,440 142,880 144,940
Ukraine tonnes 92,160 46,140 23,990 15,390 15,730
United Kingdom tonnes 48,000 46,000 43,000 27,000 57,374