Safflower seed — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 12,740 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, safflower seed — area harvested in Argentina stood at 12,740 ha.
The figure is up 34.2% on the previous year and up 122.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 161,479 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Argentina ranks 8th of 24 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 10 ha | — |
| 1969 | 15 ha | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 150 ha | +900.0% |
| 1971 | 1,850 ha | +1133.3% |
| 1972 | 4,672 ha | +152.5% |
| 1973 | 7,274 ha | +55.7% |
| 1974 | 8,200 ha | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 3,922 ha | -52.2% |
| 1976 | 7,538 ha | +92.2% |
| 1977 | 2,700 ha | -64.2% |
| 1978 | 2,040 ha | -24.4% |
| 1979 | 1,550 ha | -24.0% |
| 1980 | 900 ha | -41.9% |
| 1981 | 650 ha | -27.8% |
| 1982 | 2,320 ha | +256.9% |
| 1983 | 9,300 ha | +300.9% |
| 1984 | 10,225 ha | +9.9% |
| 1985 | 13,960 ha | +36.5% |
| 1986 | 7,300 ha | -47.7% |
| 1987 | 13,800 ha | +89.0% |
| 1988 | 21,300 ha | +54.3% |
| 1989 | 24,205 ha | +13.6% |
| 1990 | 23,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 20,500 ha | -10.9% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 21,300 ha | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 11,650 ha | -45.3% |
| 1995 | 12,350 ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 10,425 ha | -15.6% |
| 1997 | 19,800 ha | +89.9% |
| 1998 | 27,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1999 | 14,900 ha | -44.8% |
| 2000 | 34,400 ha | +130.9% |
| 2001 | 53,400 ha | +55.2% |
| 2002 | 29,500 ha | -44.8% |
| 2003 | 22,000 ha | -25.4% |
| 2004 | 30,400 ha | +38.2% |
| 2005 | 47,800 ha | +57.2% |
| 2006 | 25,250 ha | -47.2% |
| 2007 | 74,300 ha | +194.3% |
| 2008 | 44,100 ha | -40.6% |
| 2009 | 96,968 ha | +119.9% |
| 2010 | 66,100 ha | -31.8% |
| 2011 | 79,256 ha | +19.9% |
| 2012 | 161,479 ha | +103.7% |
| 2013 | 87,470 ha | -45.8% |
| 2014 | 5,724 ha | -93.5% |
| 2015 | 44,280 ha | +673.6% |
| 2016 | 79,956 ha | +80.6% |
| 2017 | 26,134 ha | -67.3% |
| 2018 | 34,799 ha | +33.2% |
| 2019 | 28,646 ha | -17.7% |
| 2020 | 27,349 ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 6,000 ha | -78.1% |
| 2022 | 4,553 ha | -24.1% |
| 2023 | 9,495 ha | +108.5% |
| 2024 | 12,740 ha | +34.2% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 12,740 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,231 ha, 55% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Safflower seed — Area harvested in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +1133.3% | 150 ha | 1,850 ha |
| 1970 | +900.0% | 15 ha | 150 ha |
| 2015 | +673.6% | 5,724 ha | 44,280 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.78 ha | 0 ha | 15 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,990 ha | 150 ha | 8,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,396 ha | 650 ha | 24,205 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,092 ha | 10,425 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,812 ha | 22,000 ha | 96,968 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,384 ha | 5,724 ha | 161,479 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,027 ha | 4,553 ha | 27,349 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,668 ha compare
- 5 Mexico 46,468 ha compare
- 6 China 23,231 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 23,231 ha compare
- 9 USSR 12,000 ha compare
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 9,804 ha compare
- 11 Ethiopia 7,268 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Argentina?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Argentina was 12,740 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 161,479 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Argentina rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 8th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina 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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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.