Safflower seed — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Safflower seed — Area harvested was 6,712 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for safflower seed — area harvested in European Union (27) is 6,712 ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 4,909.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 70,085 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 134 ha, in 2007.
European Union (27) ranks 18th of 21 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 55,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 70,085 ha | +27.4% |
| 1968 | 54,602 ha | -22.1% |
| 1969 | 10,751 ha | -80.3% |
| 1970 | 14,268 ha | +32.7% |
| 1971 | 48,986 ha | +243.3% |
| 1972 | 44,590 ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 68,305 ha | +53.2% |
| 1974 | 56,172 ha | -17.8% |
| 1975 | 61,680 ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 66,325 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 42,421 ha | -36.0% |
| 1978 | 22,576 ha | -46.8% |
| 1979 | 20,205 ha | -10.5% |
| 1980 | 23,173 ha | +14.7% |
| 1981 | 13,062 ha | -43.6% |
| 1982 | 22,437 ha | +71.8% |
| 1983 | 19,771 ha | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 22,236 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 20,960 ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 15,800 ha | -24.6% |
| 1987 | 12,464 ha | -21.1% |
| 1988 | 7,382 ha | -40.8% |
| 1989 | 6,573 ha | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 1,585 ha | -75.9% |
| 1991 | 941 ha | -40.6% |
| 1992 | 1,138 ha | +20.9% |
| 1993 | 967 ha | -15.0% |
| 1994 | 690 ha | -28.6% |
| 1995 | 353 ha | -48.8% |
| 1996 | 894 ha | +153.3% |
| 1997 | 1,038 ha | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 718 ha | -30.8% |
| 1999 | 450 ha | -37.3% |
| 2000 | 601 ha | +33.6% |
| 2001 | 271 ha | -54.9% |
| 2002 | 514 ha | +89.7% |
| 2003 | 448 ha | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 584 ha | +30.4% |
| 2005 | 288 ha | -50.7% |
| 2006 | 284 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 134 ha | -52.8% |
| 2008 | 1,903 ha | +1320.1% |
| 2009 | 2,449 ha | +28.7% |
| 2010 | 3,641 ha | +48.7% |
| 2011 | 7,303 ha | +100.6% |
| 2012 | 3,315 ha | -54.6% |
| 2013 | 4,094 ha | +23.5% |
| 2014 | 4,565 ha | +11.5% |
| 2015 | 3,990 ha | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 5,882 ha | +47.4% |
| 2017 | 6,712 ha | +14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,160 ha | 10,751 ha | 70,085 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,553 ha | 14,268 ha | 68,305 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,386 ha | 6,573 ha | 23,173 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 877.4 ha | 353 ha | 1,585 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 747.6 ha | 134 ha | 2,449 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,938 ha | 3,315 ha | 7,303 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in European Union (27) was 6,712 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 70,085 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 134 ha in 2007.
- How does European Union (27) rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 18th out of 21 groups with data for 2017.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4,909.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.