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.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 62 years of available data.
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
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (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 7th out of 18 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.