Based on a comparison of 52 countries in 2018, Kazakhstan ranked the highest in linseed production with 933,533 tonnes followed by Canada and Russia. On the other end of the scale was Spain with 5.00 tonnes, Iran with 9.00 tonnes and Estonia with 54.0 tonnes.
Total linseed production reached 3,182,754 tonnes in 2018 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.26 % more than in the previous year and 37.5 % 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 0.095 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, Kazakhstan, accounted for 29.3 % of linseed production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 68.5 % share while the ten largest countries some 96.0 % in 2018.
Data for more countries are available at Linseed Production indicator page.
Linseed Production | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Argentina | tonnes | 17,070 | 20,430 | 17,255 | 20,085 | 16,610 | ||||||||||||||||
Belarus | tonnes | 8,664 | 7,005 | 7,229 | 6,876 | 6,499 | ||||||||||||||||
Belgium | tonnes | ... | ... | 8,082 | 7,400 | 7,000 | 8,000 | 9,000 | ||||||||||||||
Canada | tonnes | 488,900 | 730,700 | 872,500 | 942,000 | 579,000 | ||||||||||||||||
China | tonnes | 390,505 | 398,809 | 387,000 | 399,620 | 366,747 | ||||||||||||||||
Ethiopia | tonnes | 122,064 | 87,946 | 83,131 | 97,611 | 87,912 | ||||||||||||||||
France | tonnes | 23,742 | 16,147 | 16,561 | 42,594 | 43,155 | ||||||||||||||||
India | tonnes | 152,000 | 147,000 | 141,730 | 155,000 | 125,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | tonnes | 157,878 | 295,021 | 419,957 | 491,389 | 561,771 | ||||||||||||||||
Nepal | tonnes | 1,538 | 7,672 | 9,136 | 10,402 | 7,672 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | tonnes | 1,602 | 2,049 | 4,124 | 6,097 | 8,287 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | tonnes | 341,565 | 299,768 | 365,088 | 523,534 | 673,338 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | tonnes | 147,280 | 85,250 | 161,750 | 256,420 | 235,580 | ||||||||||||||||
Ukraine | tonnes | 41,400 | 31,920 | 46,630 | 76,380 | 92,160 | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | tonnes | 41,730 | 62,131 | 39,253 | 29,000 | 48,000 |