Safflower seed — Area harvested in China
China: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 23,231 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Safflower seed — Area harvested in China, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, safflower seed — area harvested in China stood at 23,231 ha.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in China peaked at 30,000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 8,500 ha, in 1992.
That places China 6th out of 24 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1993 | 16,500 ha | +94.1% |
| 1994 | 20,500 ha | +24.2% |
| 1995 | 21,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 17,000 ha | -19.0% |
| 1997 | 21,000 ha | +23.5% |
| 1998 | 12,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1999 | 30,000 ha | +150.0% |
| 2000 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 19,000 ha | -36.7% |
| 2002 | 21,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 19,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2004 | 22,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 22,852 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 22,759 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 22,205 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 22,374 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 22,961 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 22,878 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 23,213 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 23,318 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 23,430 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 23,421 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 23,464 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 23,571 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 23,084 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 23,158 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 23,231 ha | +0.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 23,231 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,231 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Safflower seed — Area harvested in China 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 | +150.0% | 12,000 ha | 30,000 ha |
| 1993 | +94.1% | 8,500 ha | 16,500 ha |
| 1998 | -42.9% | 21,000 ha | 12,000 ha |
| 2001 | -36.7% | 30,000 ha | 19,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18,312 ha | 8,500 ha | 30,000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 22,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,941 ha | 22,205 ha | 23,430 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,302 ha | 23,084 ha | 23,571 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 3 Ethiopia PDR 69,000 ha
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 25,922 ha compare
- 4 India 65,417 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 25,410 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,668 ha compare
- 5 Mexico 46,468 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 23,231 ha compare
- 8 Argentina 12,740 ha compare
- 9 USSR 12,000 ha
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in China?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in China was 23,231 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,500 ha in 1992.
- How does China rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- China ranks 6th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.