Safflower seed — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 238,742 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 238,742 ha for safflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 26.7% on the previous year and up 99.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Europe peaked at 435,815 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 434 ha, in 2007.
Europe ranks 4th of 21 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 68,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 1967 | 81,085 ha | +19.2% |
| 1968 | 68,602 ha | -15.4% |
| 1969 | 21,751 ha | -68.3% |
| 1970 | 29,268 ha | +34.6% |
| 1971 | 65,986 ha | +125.5% |
| 1972 | 57,590 ha | -12.7% |
| 1973 | 78,305 ha | +36.0% |
| 1974 | 63,172 ha | -19.3% |
| 1975 | 67,680 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 76,325 ha | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 50,421 ha | -33.9% |
| 1978 | 33,576 ha | -33.4% |
| 1979 | 27,205 ha | -19.0% |
| 1980 | 29,173 ha | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 19,062 ha | -34.7% |
| 1982 | 27,437 ha | +43.9% |
| 1983 | 30,771 ha | +12.2% |
| 1984 | 34,936 ha | +13.5% |
| 1985 | 31,960 ha | -8.5% |
| 1986 | 26,800 ha | -16.1% |
| 1987 | 24,464 ha | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 21,382 ha | -12.6% |
| 1989 | 17,573 ha | -17.8% |
| 1990 | 12,585 ha | -28.4% |
| 1991 | 12,941 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 13,721 ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 8,967 ha | -34.6% |
| 1994 | 7,690 ha | -14.2% |
| 1995 | 6,353 ha | -17.4% |
| 1996 | 10,913 ha | +71.8% |
| 1997 | 14,140 ha | +29.6% |
| 1998 | 12,075 ha | -14.6% |
| 1999 | 976 ha | -91.9% |
| 2000 | 9,491 ha | +872.4% |
| 2001 | 1,681 ha | -82.3% |
| 2002 | 744 ha | -55.7% |
| 2003 | 3,368 ha | +352.7% |
| 2004 | 1,214 ha | -64.0% |
| 2005 | 938 ha | -22.7% |
| 2006 | 744 ha | -20.7% |
| 2007 | 434 ha | -41.7% |
| 2008 | 3,438 ha | +692.2% |
| 2009 | 3,466 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 4,319 ha | +24.6% |
| 2011 | 13,511 ha | +212.8% |
| 2012 | 16,353 ha | +21.0% |
| 2013 | 74,805 ha | +357.4% |
| 2014 | 119,783 ha | +60.1% |
| 2015 | 243,826 ha | +103.6% |
| 2016 | 435,815 ha | +78.7% |
| 2017 | 155,710 ha | -64.3% |
| 2018 | 55,174 ha | -64.6% |
| 2019 | 107,165 ha | +94.2% |
| 2020 | 175,188 ha | +63.5% |
| 2021 | 242,526 ha | +38.4% |
| 2022 | 277,735 ha | +14.5% |
| 2023 | 325,822 ha | +17.3% |
| 2024 | 238,742 ha | -26.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Safflower seed — Area harvested in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +872.4% | 976 ha | 9,491 ha |
| 2008 | +692.2% | 434 ha | 3,438 ha |
| 2013 | +357.4% | 16,353 ha | 74,805 ha |
| 2003 | +352.7% | 744 ha | 3,368 ha |
| 2011 | +212.8% | 4,319 ha | 13,511 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,271 ha | 21,751 ha | 81,085 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,953 ha | 27,205 ha | 78,305 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,356 ha | 17,573 ha | 34,936 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,036 ha | 976 ha | 14,140 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,552 ha | 434 ha | 9,491 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 122,646 ha | 4,319 ha | 435,815 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 252,003 ha | 175,188 ha | 325,822 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 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
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Europe?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Europe was 238,742 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 435,815 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 434 ha in 2007.
- How does Europe rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 4th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.