Safflower seed — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 6,704 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, safflower seed — area harvested in Spain stood at 6,704 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 14,473.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Spain peaked at 70,085 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 21 ha, in 2001.
Spain ranks 14th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,160 ha | 10,751 ha | 70,085 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,082 ha | 14,268 ha | 35,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,105 ha | 6,573 ha | 20,108 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 389.4 ha | 53 ha | 1,385 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 473.1 ha | 21 ha | 2,377 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,911 ha | 3,309 ha | 7,249 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 11 USSR 12,000 ha compare
- 12 Kyrgyzstan 9,804 ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 7,268 ha compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 6,565 ha compare
- 16 Australia 6,229 ha compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 6,229 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture share gdp 2.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 19.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 9.62 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 51.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 421,320 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Spain?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Spain was 6,704 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 70,085 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 21 ha in 2001.
- How does Spain rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 14th out of 27 countries with data for 2017.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14,473.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Spain 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.