World Summary

Fiber and Tow Production (Mt), Yield (Hg/Ha), Area Harvested (Ha)

From FAOStat Database: Agriculture--Primary Crops.(http://faostat.fao.org/)  

Flax Fibre and Tow	Year
Area Harv (Ha)	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
World	2,041,125	2,161,473	1,923,215	2,044,778	1,882,718	1,788,955	1,752,396	1,688,561	1,652,432	1,598,391	1,569,468	1,564,363	1,538,239	1,510,367	1,545,652	1,573,108	1,549,354	1,544,711	1,456,088	1,520,686	1,315,605	1,359,769	1,416,614	1,431,822	1,401,823	1,336,461	1,323,116	1,299,273	1,203,442	1,039,344	863,106	819,467	662,519	532,159	638,865	546,637	452,055	459,275	481,329	437,442	515,688	458,715	499,964	514,176	501,246
Flax Fibre and Tow	Year
Yield (Hg/Ha)	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
World	3,413	3,566	3,760	3,543	4,267	4,307	4,551	4,059	4,713	4,399	4,948	4,676	4,527	4,482	5,193	5,358	5,075	4,705	4,407	4,075	4,633	4,680	5,629	5,822	5,444	5,523	7,171	7,074	6,672	6,617	8,474	7,221	8,004	11,131	11,583	10,295	8,664	8,734	9,910	11,018	11,887	16,729	14,961	15,351	15,801
Flax Fibre and Tow	Year
Production (Mt)	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
World	696,579	770,812	723,097	724,467	803,387	770,451	797,507	685,367	778,815	703,134	776,566	731,425	696,367	676,881	802,630	842,908	786,329	726,798	641,694	619,661	609,564	636,423	797,424	833,561	763,174	738,146	948,800	919,099	802,946	687,729	731,413	591,737	530,308	592,328	740,008	562,760	391,654	401,145	477,012	481,953	613,009	767,395	747,984	789,312	792,004