Safflower seed — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 7,268 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1995–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 7,268 ha for safflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 13,019 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3,330 ha, in 1997.
That places Ethiopia 11th out of 24 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4,780 ha | — |
| 1996 | 5,170 ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 3,330 ha | -35.6% |
| 1998 | 5,580 ha | +67.6% |
| 1999 | 5,230 ha | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 10,630 ha | +103.3% |
| 2001 | 8,300 ha | -21.9% |
| 2002 | 5,474 ha | -34.0% |
| 2003 | 8,401 ha | +53.5% |
| 2004 | 8,401 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9,715 ha | +15.6% |
| 2006 | 8,867 ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 13,019 ha | +46.8% |
| 2008 | 8,999 ha | -30.9% |
| 2009 | 4,653 ha | -48.3% |
| 2010 | 5,490 ha | +18.0% |
| 2011 | 8,169 ha | +48.8% |
| 2012 | 11,414 ha | +39.7% |
| 2013 | 11,526 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 5,625 ha | -51.2% |
| 2015 | 7,361 ha | +30.9% |
| 2016 | 6,738 ha | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 7,967 ha | +18.2% |
| 2018 | 6,489 ha | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 7,436 ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 7,297 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 7,421 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 7,287 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 7,267 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 7,268 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,818 ha | 3,330 ha | 5,580 ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 8,646 ha | 4,653 ha | 13,019 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,822 ha | 5,490 ha | 11,526 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,308 ha | 7,267 ha | 7,421 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 8 Argentina 12,740 ha compare
- 9 USSR 12,000 ha
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 9,804 ha compare
- 12 Spain 6,704 ha compare
- 13 Uzbekistan 6,565 ha compare
- 14 Australia 6,229 ha compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 6,229 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Ethiopia was 7,268 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,019 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,330 ha in 1997.
- How does Ethiopia rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 11th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.