Oil of Linseed Consumption by Country

India reported 20,430 tonnes of linseed oil food supply in 2023, 36.9 percent of the listed total. Gambia came second at 10,330 tonnes and Poland third at 10,281. Per person, Gambia led at 10.49 grams a day. Türkiye added 2,129 tonnes in the latest year, while Poland shed 3,487. All figures count food available for human consumption, not actual intake.

India Leads a Tight Top Three

India led at 20,430 tonnes, 1.98 times Gambia. Poland sat third at 10,281 tonnes, just 49 behind Gambia. Belgium followed fourth at 6,252 tonnes and Türkiye fifth at 2,460. The top three held 74.2 percent of the 55,328-tonne total, and the top five 89.9 percent. The Czech Republic, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Pakistan and Estonia closed the top ten between 302 and 2,089 tonnes. Of 45 countries in the file, 44 carried a 2023 value.

Poland Falls, Türkiye Jumps

Across the 43 countries in both 2022 and 2023, supply edged up 0.4 percent, from 55,129 tonnes, a gain of 199. Poland shed 3,487 tonnes, down 25.3 percent, the largest fall in the file by far. Türkiye added 2,129 tonnes, more than sevenfold from 331, the largest gain. Gambia added 1,965 tonnes, up 23.5 percent. The Czech Republic added 841 tonnes, up 67.4 percent. Belgium shed 701 tonnes, while India added 685 tonnes. Qatar fell 85.8 percent to 74 tonnes, and Bangladesh shed 436 tonnes. One country joined the table with a tiny reading.

Oil of Linseed Consumption

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	India IN	20.43K	0.04
2	Gambia GM	10.33K	10.49
3	Poland PL	10.28K	0.73
4	Belgium BE	6.25K	1.46
5	Türkiye TR	2.46K	0.08
6	Czech Republic CZ	2.09K	0.53
7	Bangladesh BD	865.63	0.01
8	Bulgaria BG	824.76	0.33
9	Pakistan PK	393.26	0
10	Estonia EE	301.67	0.6
11	Mauritania MR	262.26	0.14
12	Colombia CO	250.83	0.01
13	United Kingdom GB	182.79	0.01
14	Slovenia SI	123.84	0.16
15	Croatia HR	78.56	0.06
16	Qatar QA	74.34	0.07
17	Lesotho LS	47.04	0.06
18	Netherlands NL	37.19	0.01
19	Hong Kong HK	10.21	0
20	New Caledonia NC	9.49	0.09
21	Mongolia MN	5.01	0
22	Grenada GD	3.22	0.08
23	Bahamas BS	3.11	0.02
24	Macau MO	2.55	0.01
25	Nauru NR	2.03	0.47
26	Eswatini SZ	1.78	0
27	French Polynesia PF	1.6	0.02
28	Lithuania LT	1.3	0
29	Liberia LR	1.19	0
30	Papua New Guinea PG	1.07	0
31	Laos LA	0.57	0
32	Turkmenistan TM	0.23	0
33	Bhutan BT	0.19	0
34	Comoros KM	0.16	0
35	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0.02	0
36	Vanuatu VU	0.02	0
37	Saint Lucia LC	0.01	0
38	Bahrain BH	0	0
39	Cambodia KH	0	0
40	Djibouti DJ	0	0
41	Marshall Islands MH	0	0
42	Tajikistan TJ	0	0
43	Timor-Leste TL	0	0
44	Tonga TO	0	0

India Adds Six Thousand Over Five Years

Among the 34 countries in both 2019 and 2023, supply grew 27.4 percent, from 38,314 tonnes, a gain of 10,481. India added 6,155 tonnes, up 43.1 percent from 14,275. The Czech Republic added 1,922 tonnes, up 1,150.5 percent from 167. Türkiye added 1,873 tonnes, more than quadrupling from 587. Poland added 1,459 tonnes. The United Kingdom shed 956 tonnes, down 84.0 percent. Qatar shed 660 tonnes over five years, down 89.9 percent. Ten countries joined over the period, adding 6,532 tonnes, against one departure.

Belgium Holds Fourth

Belgium sat fourth at 6,252 tonnes, shedding 701 in the latest year, after entering the table in 2022. Per person, Belgium sat second at 1.46 grams. Bangladesh shed 436 tonnes in the latest year to 866, down 33.5 percent. Bulgaria added 588 tonnes over five years, up 247.7 percent from 237, and sits at 0.33 grams per person.

Gambia Leads Per Person Too

Gambia's 10.49 grams a day topped the per-person table, ahead of Belgium at 1.46 and Poland at 0.73. Estonia, tenth by volume at 302 tonnes, sat fourth per person at 0.60 grams. The Czech Republic followed at 0.53 grams. Bulgaria paired eighth by volume with 0.33 grams. India, the volume leader, sat at 0.04 grams per person.

What This Category Covers

This page follows the SUA item labelled Oil of linseed and counts only its rows; World, regional and aggregate rows are not in the table. The FAOSTAT item refers specifically to oil of linseed, rather than all products made from linseed. The annual listed supply total sums the countries with a 2023 value. Food here means supply available for people to eat in the reference year, not amounts eaten.

Oil of Linseed Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	India	14.28K	0.03	24.55K	0.05	22.5K	0.04	19.75K	0.04	20.43K	0.04
2	Gambia	10K	11.15	11.5K	12.52	12.5K	13.29	8.37K	8.69	10.33K	10.49
3	Poland	8.82K	0.63	8.07K	0.58	10.3K	0.74	13.77K	0.98	10.28K	0.73
4	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.95K	1.64	6.25K	1.46
5	Türkiye	586.98	0.02	556.21	0.02	424.76	0.01	330.99	0.01	2.46K	0.08
6	Czech Republic	167.05	0.04	231.42	0.06	317.92	0.08	1.25K	0.32	2.09K	0.53
7	Bangladesh	640.11	0.01	602.4	0.01	1.15K	0.02	1.3K	0.02	865.63	0.01
8	Bulgaria	237.18	0.09	255.96	0.1	465.86	0.19	619.08	0.25	824.76	0.33
9	Pakistan	220.64	0	206.05	0	195.58	0	381.64	0	393.26	0
10	Estonia	300.46	0.62	432.27	0.89	492.53	1.01	353.79	0.72	301.67	0.6
11	Mauritania	-	-	859.6	0.51	364.43	0.21	505.83	0.28	262.26	0.14
12	Colombia	193.59	0.01	320.76	0.02	363.16	0.02	231.2	0.01	250.83	0.01
13	United Kingdom	1.14K	0.05	114.59	0	358.39	0.01	295.08	0.01	182.79	0.01
14	Slovenia	371.1	0.49	304.96	0.4	214.47	0.28	165.63	0.21	123.84	0.16
15	Croatia	124.92	0.09	122.4	0.08	125.22	0.09	93.84	0.07	78.56	0.06
16	Qatar	734.84	0.72	709.82	0.69	351.93	0.34	524.75	0.5	74.34	0.07
17	Lesotho	48.89	0.06	24.68	0.03	69.41	0.08	152.49	0.18	47.04	0.06
18	Netherlands	31.16	0	29.29	0	47.49	0.01	27.47	0	37.19	0.01
19	Hong Kong	-	-	17.2	0.01	23.34	0.01	0	0	10.21	0
20	New Caledonia	0.74	0.01	0.6	0.01	15.14	0.15	0.29	0	9.49	0.09
21	Mongolia	1.4	0	1.56	0	5.63	0	1.32	0	5.01	0
22	Grenada	-	-	1.62	0.04	0.49	0.01	1.74	0.04	3.22	0.08
23	Bahamas	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.17	0.01	3.11	0.02
24	Macau	0.65	0	0.23	0	0.38	0	2.42	0.01	2.55	0.01
25	Nauru	0.14	0.03	-	-	5.38	1.26	3.05	0.71	2.03	0.47
26	Eswatini	0.01	0	0.41	0	4.51	0.01	31.58	0.07	1.78	0
27	French Polynesia	-	-	2.25	0.02	2.73	0.03	1.01	0.01	1.6	0.02
28	Lithuania	41.31	0.04	24.37	0.02	56.56	0.06	14.3	0.01	1.3	0
29	Liberia	0.06	0	0.16	0	0.26	0	0	0	1.19	0
30	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0.44	0	76.26	0.02	5.86	0	1.07	0
31	Laos	0.92	0	1.98	0	0.24	0	0.95	0	0.57	0
32	Turkmenistan	2.52	0	5.66	0	16.58	0.01	0	0	0.23	0
33	Bhutan	0.06	0	1.17	0	1.72	0.01	0.63	0	0.19	0
34	Comoros	125.09	0.44	0	0	0.61	0	0	0	0.16	0
35	Sao Tome and Principe	-	-	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.02	0
36	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	4.51	0.04	0.01	0	0.02	0
37	Saint Lucia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	0
38	Bahrain	195.25	0.36	17.39	0.03	0.69	0	0	0	0	0
39	Cambodia	50.4	0.01	50.11	0.01	26.74	0	0.04	0	0	0
40	Djibouti	0.04	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
41	Marshall Islands	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
42	Tajikistan	-	-	0	0	0.21	0	0	0	0	0
43	Timor-Leste	2.6	0.01	0	0	57.02	0.12	1.02	0	0	0
44	Tonga	-	-	0.22	0.01	-	-	0	0	0	0
45	Kiribati	0.4	0.01	-	-	0.01	0	-	-	-	-

Quick Answer

In 2023, India had the largest listed supply of oil of linseed at 20,430 tonnes, accounting for about 36.9 percent of the listed total. Gambia ranked second at 10,330 tonnes and Poland third at 10,281 tonnes, just 49 tonnes apart. Gambia also led per person at 10.49 grams per person per day. Türkiye recorded the largest latest-year increase, rising from 331 to 2,460 tonnes. These figures represent food available for human consumption, not actual intake.

Methodology

For oil of linseed, tonnage follows element 5141 and daily grams follow element 665 across 2019 to 2023. A change is measured from the earlier year; none is stated from a zero base. Only countries present in both compared years enter a change. A reported zero is not a blank, and blanks never stand in for zeros. The file holds 45 countries after removing World, regional and aggregate rows; 44 carry 2023 values. The latest-year comparison includes a sharp increase for Türkiye alongside a large decline for Poland. The numbers describe food available for human consumption. Source: FAO FAOSTAT, compiled by StatsGeo.