Safflower seed — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 454,521 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Asia, 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 Asia is 454,521 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 21.8% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Asia peaked at 1.05 million ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 329,792 ha, in 1998.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 441,770 ha | — |
| 1962 | 446,670 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 451,350 ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 457,130 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 463,630 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 463,350 ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 479,910 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 515,537 ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 579,438 ha | +12.4% |
| 1970 | 582,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 590,843 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 602,278 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 428,270 ha | -28.9% |
| 1974 | 620,430 ha | +44.9% |
| 1975 | 654,160 ha | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 676,085 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 686,030 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 711,340 ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 704,912 ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 734,692 ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 723,045 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 752,992 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 786,576 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 834,587 ha | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 920,577 ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 914,314 ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 894,990 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 1.05 million ha | +17.7% |
| 1989 | 815,995 ha | -22.5% |
| 1990 | 842,920 ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 823,894 ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 543,741 ha | -34.0% |
| 1993 | 805,904 ha | +48.2% |
| 1994 | 892,134 ha | +10.7% |
| 1995 | 924,271 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 824,101 ha | -10.8% |
| 1997 | 833,196 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 329,792 ha | -60.4% |
| 1999 | 623,635 ha | +89.1% |
| 2000 | 583,977 ha | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 532,519 ha | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 509,920 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 560,796 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 581,196 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 560,431 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 489,544 ha | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 475,949 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 531,084 ha | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 551,289 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 576,073 ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 554,696 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 508,685 ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 541,563 ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 547,682 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 533,959 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 488,186 ha | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 536,706 ha | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 437,362 ha | -18.5% |
| 2019 | 385,344 ha | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 440,435 ha | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 487,171 ha | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 789,060 ha | +62.0% |
| 2023 | 581,504 ha | -26.3% |
| 2024 | 454,521 ha | -21.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Safflower seed — Area harvested in Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +89.1% | 329,792 ha | 623,635 ha |
| 1998 | -60.4% | 833,196 ha | 329,792 ha |
| 2022 | +62.0% | 487,171 ha | 789,060 ha |
| 1993 | +48.2% | 543,741 ha | 805,904 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 477,643 ha | 441,770 ha | 579,438 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 625,675 ha | 428,270 ha | 711,340 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 843,101 ha | 723,045 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 744,359 ha | 329,792 ha | 924,271 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 537,670 ha | 475,949 ha | 583,977 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 511,026 ha | 385,344 ha | 576,073 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 550,538 ha | 440,435 ha | 789,060 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 Kazakhstan 316,504 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 238,530 ha compare
- 3 Ethiopia PDR 69,000 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 25,922 ha compare
- 4 India 65,417 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 25,410 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Asia?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Asia was 454,521 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 329,792 ha in 1998.
- How does Asia rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 5 groups with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Asia 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.