Safflower seed — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 6,229 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 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 Australia and New Zealand is 6,229 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 74,668 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 2,304 ha, in 1962.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 14th 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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,623 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,304 ha | -36.4% |
| 1963 | 7,842 ha | +240.4% |
| 1964 | 19,226 ha | +145.2% |
| 1965 | 24,393 ha | +26.9% |
| 1966 | 38,293 ha | +57.0% |
| 1967 | 42,337 ha | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 18,767 ha | -55.7% |
| 1969 | 10,825 ha | -42.3% |
| 1970 | 27,674 ha | +155.6% |
| 1971 | 33,809 ha | +22.2% |
| 1972 | 10,624 ha | -68.6% |
| 1973 | 12,449 ha | +17.2% |
| 1974 | 36,238 ha | +191.1% |
| 1975 | 39,764 ha | +9.7% |
| 1976 | 12,900 ha | -67.6% |
| 1977 | 38,971 ha | +202.1% |
| 1978 | 74,668 ha | +91.6% |
| 1979 | 53,585 ha | -28.2% |
| 1980 | 18,333 ha | -65.8% |
| 1981 | 33,407 ha | +82.2% |
| 1982 | 11,534 ha | -65.5% |
| 1983 | 54,854 ha | +375.6% |
| 1984 | 44,289 ha | -19.3% |
| 1985 | 47,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 29,746 ha | -36.7% |
| 1987 | 38,018 ha | +27.8% |
| 1988 | 47,248 ha | +24.3% |
| 1989 | 32,866 ha | -30.4% |
| 1990 | 18,515 ha | -43.7% |
| 1991 | 18,515 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 38,933 ha | +110.3% |
| 1993 | 31,769 ha | -18.4% |
| 1994 | 54,400 ha | +71.2% |
| 1995 | 30,300 ha | -44.3% |
| 1996 | 40,107 ha | +32.4% |
| 1997 | 35,100 ha | -12.5% |
| 1998 | 15,300 ha | -56.4% |
| 1999 | 34,200 ha | +123.5% |
| 2000 | 44,200 ha | +29.2% |
| 2001 | 14,004 ha | -68.3% |
| 2002 | 3,580 ha | -74.4% |
| 2003 | 3,289 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 9,843 ha | +199.3% |
| 2005 | 12,224 ha | +24.2% |
| 2006 | 18,175 ha | +48.7% |
| 2007 | 6,115 ha | -66.4% |
| 2008 | 10,200 ha | +66.8% |
| 2009 | 12,132 ha | +18.9% |
| 2010 | 7,800 ha | -35.7% |
| 2011 | 10,404 ha | +33.4% |
| 2012 | 9,500 ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 8,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 2014 | 5,785 ha | -27.7% |
| 2015 | 5,931 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 6,572 ha | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 6,096 ha | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 6,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 6,289 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 6,195 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 6,228 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 6,237 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 6,220 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 6,229 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,623 ha | 2,304 ha | 42,337 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,068 ha | 10,624 ha | 74,668 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,730 ha | 11,534 ha | 54,854 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,714 ha | 15,300 ha | 54,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,376 ha | 3,289 ha | 44,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,258 ha | 5,785 ha | 10,404 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,222 ha | 6,195 ha | 6,237 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 6,229 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 74,668 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,304 ha in 1962.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 14th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.