Safflower seed — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 43,710 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 43,710 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 229,858 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 40,000 ha, in 1976.
That places Northern America 10th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 169,966 ha | — |
| 1962 | 216,908 ha | +27.6% |
| 1963 | 229,858 ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 149,327 ha | -35.0% |
| 1965 | 116,548 ha | -22.0% |
| 1966 | 142,447 ha | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 125,855 ha | -11.6% |
| 1968 | 68,976 ha | -45.2% |
| 1969 | 92,267 ha | +33.8% |
| 1970 | 86,602 ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 97,123 ha | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 97,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 95,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 90,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 95,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 40,000 ha | -57.9% |
| 1977 | 80,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1978 | 87,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 100,000 ha | +14.9% |
| 1980 | 58,000 ha | -42.0% |
| 1981 | 51,000 ha | -12.1% |
| 1982 | 61,260 ha | +20.1% |
| 1983 | 47,000 ha | -23.3% |
| 1984 | 71,000 ha | +51.1% |
| 1985 | 78,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 86,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1987 | 85,237 ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 104,000 ha | +22.0% |
| 1989 | 112,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 84,858 ha | -24.2% |
| 1991 | 88,231 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 128,515 ha | +45.7% |
| 1993 | 120,570 ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 94,270 ha | -21.8% |
| 1995 | 106,984 ha | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 85,787 ha | -19.8% |
| 1997 | 88,008 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 116,540 ha | +32.4% |
| 1999 | 110,030 ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 84,524 ha | -23.2% |
| 2001 | 74,030 ha | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 76,468 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 86,199 ha | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 64,346 ha | -25.4% |
| 2005 | 66,167 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 72,440 ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 69,404 ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 78,915 ha | +13.7% |
| 2009 | 66,980 ha | -15.1% |
| 2010 | 67,870 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 51,520 ha | -24.1% |
| 2012 | 64,790 ha | +25.8% |
| 2013 | 69,080 ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 68,880 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 64,390 ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 61,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 58,760 ha | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 63,250 ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 61,310 ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 51,960 ha | -15.3% |
| 2021 | 53,340 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 54,030 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 50,990 ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 43,710 ha | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 145,795 ha | 68,976 ha | 229,858 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,772 ha | 40,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75,350 ha | 47,000 ha | 112,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 102,379 ha | 84,858 ha | 128,515 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,947 ha | 64,346 ha | 86,199 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,165 ha | 51,520 ha | 69,080 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,806 ha | 43,710 ha | 54,030 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Northern America?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Northern America was 43,710 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 229,858 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1976.
- How does Northern America rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 10th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.