Argentina vs China (People’s Republic of): Safflower seed — Area harvested

Argentina
12,740 ha
in 2024
China (People’s Republic of)
23,231 ha
in 2024
Argentina rank
8th
China (People’s Republic of) rank
6th

Safflower seed — Area harvested over time

  • Argentina
  • China (People’s Republic of)
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How they compare

China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 23,231 ha against 12,740 ha in Argentina, a difference of 10,491 ha.

That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 1.8 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 8th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 6th of 24 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 2 and China (People’s Republic of) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina China (People’s Republic of) Difference Ahead
1990s 17,178 ha 18,312 ha 1,134 ha China (People’s Republic of)
2000s 45,812 ha 22,000 ha 23,812 ha Argentina
2010s 61,384 ha 22,941 ha 38,443 ha Argentina
2020s 12,027 ha 23,302 ha 11,274 ha China (People’s Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher safflower seed — area harvested, Argentina or China (People’s Republic of)?
China (People’s Republic of), at 23,231 ha against 12,740 ha in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in safflower seed — area harvested between Argentina and China (People’s Republic of)?
10,491 ha, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and China (People’s Republic of)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
How do Argentina and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for safflower seed — area harvested?
Argentina ranks 8th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 6th of 24 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Safflower seed — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Safflower seed — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
50 places, 2,471 data points, 1961–2024
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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.