Safflower seed — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 25,414 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, safflower seed — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 25,414 ha.
That represents a change of down 20.9% on the previous year and down 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 43,959 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 48 ha, in 2001.
That places Western Asia 15th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,770 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,670 ha | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 1,350 ha | -19.2% |
| 1964 | 2,130 ha | +57.8% |
| 1965 | 3,630 ha | +70.4% |
| 1966 | 1,350 ha | -62.8% |
| 1967 | 1,910 ha | +41.5% |
| 1968 | 2,890 ha | +51.3% |
| 1969 | 1,420 ha | -50.9% |
| 1970 | 1,200 ha | -15.5% |
| 1971 | 2,040 ha | +70.0% |
| 1972 | 4,525 ha | +121.8% |
| 1973 | 4,890 ha | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 6,560 ha | +34.2% |
| 1975 | 6,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 2,430 ha | -61.4% |
| 1977 | 2,980 ha | +22.6% |
| 1978 | 4,805 ha | +61.2% |
| 1979 | 1,680 ha | -65.0% |
| 1980 | 1,170 ha | -30.4% |
| 1981 | 770 ha | -34.2% |
| 1982 | 265 ha | -65.6% |
| 1983 | 345 ha | +30.2% |
| 1984 | 340 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 348 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 340 ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 282 ha | -17.1% |
| 1988 | 204 ha | -27.7% |
| 1989 | 289 ha | +41.7% |
| 1990 | 171 ha | -40.8% |
| 1991 | 226 ha | +32.2% |
| 1992 | 346 ha | +53.1% |
| 1993 | 336 ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 200 ha | -40.5% |
| 1995 | 184 ha | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 81 ha | -56.0% |
| 1997 | 81 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 80 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 63 ha | -21.2% |
| 2000 | 81 ha | +28.6% |
| 2001 | 48 ha | -40.7% |
| 2002 | 79 ha | +64.6% |
| 2003 | 310 ha | +292.4% |
| 2004 | 195 ha | -37.1% |
| 2005 | 205 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 471 ha | +129.8% |
| 2007 | 1,735 ha | +268.4% |
| 2008 | 5,420 ha | +212.4% |
| 2009 | 21,532 ha | +297.3% |
| 2010 | 13,504 ha | -37.3% |
| 2011 | 13,180 ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 15,615 ha | +18.5% |
| 2013 | 29,284 ha | +87.5% |
| 2014 | 43,959 ha | +50.1% |
| 2015 | 42,814 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 39,374 ha | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 27,398 ha | -30.4% |
| 2018 | 24,713 ha | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 15,869 ha | -35.8% |
| 2020 | 15,120 ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 14,456 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 26,238 ha | +81.5% |
| 2023 | 32,134 ha | +22.5% |
| 2024 | 25,414 ha | -20.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Safflower seed — Area harvested in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +297.3% | 5,420 ha | 21,532 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,013 ha | 1,350 ha | 3,630 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,741 ha | 1,200 ha | 6,560 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 435.3 ha | 204 ha | 1,170 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 176.8 ha | 63 ha | 346 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,008 ha | 48 ha | 21,532 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,571 ha | 13,180 ha | 43,959 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,672 ha | 14,456 ha | 32,134 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 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
- 16 Tajikistan 3,919 ha compare
- 17 Portugal 1,200 ha compare
- 18 Ukraine 212 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Western Asia was 25,414 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 43,959 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 48 ha in 2001.
- How does Western Asia rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 15th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.