Safflower seed — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 33,189 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for safflower seed — area harvested in Africa is 33,189 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Africa peaked at 74,093 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,330 ha, in 1997.
Africa ranks 12th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 62 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 54,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 56,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 56,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 58,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 59,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 60,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 61,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 62,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 63,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 64,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 63,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 63,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 64,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 65,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 66,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 66,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 66,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 66,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 66,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 67,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 67,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 68,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 74,093 ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 68,500 ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 69,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 4,780 ha | -93.1% |
| 1996 | 5,170 ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 3,330 ha | -35.6% |
| 1998 | 20,580 ha | +518.0% |
| 1999 | 20,344 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 26,711 ha | +31.3% |
| 2001 | 25,314 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 23,382 ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 27,158 ha | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 27,940 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 29,968 ha | +7.3% |
| 2006 | 29,788 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 34,568 ha | +16.0% |
| 2008 | 31,139 ha | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 27,354 ha | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 28,724 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 31,914 ha | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 34,914 ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 35,526 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 30,627 ha | -13.8% |
| 2015 | 33,006 ha | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 31,620 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 33,130 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 31,705 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 32,948 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 33,136 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 33,481 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 33,090 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 33,167 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 33,189 ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Safflower seed — Area harvested in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +518.0% | 3,330 ha | 20,580 ha |
| 1995 | -93.1% | 69,000 ha | 4,780 ha |
| 1997 | -35.6% | 5,170 ha | 3,330 ha |
| 2000 | +31.3% | 20,344 ha | 26,711 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,056 ha | 54,000 ha | 62,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,870 ha | 63,000 ha | 64,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,300 ha | 65,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,225 ha | 3,330 ha | 74,093 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 28,332 ha | 23,382 ha | 34,568 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,411 ha | 28,724 ha | 35,526 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,213 ha | 33,090 ha | 33,481 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 9 USSR 12,000 ha compare
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 9,804 ha compare
- 11 Ethiopia 7,268 ha compare
- 12 Spain 6,704 ha compare
- 13 Uzbekistan 6,565 ha compare
- 14 Australia 6,229 ha compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 6,229 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Africa?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Africa was 33,189 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 74,093 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,330 ha in 1997.
- How does Africa rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 12th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Safflower seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.