Safflower seed — Yield in Australia
Australia: Safflower seed — Yield was 581.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Safflower seed — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 581.2 kg/ha for safflower seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — yield in Australia peaked at 841.7 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 237.8 kg/ha, in 2003.
That places Australia 18th out of 24 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 430.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 708.8 kg/ha | +64.6% |
| 1963 | 700.8 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 657.7 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 409 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 1966 | 648.5 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 1967 | 376.2 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 1968 | 551 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1969 | 385.4 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1970 | 337.9 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1971 | 455.4 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 1972 | 392.8 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1973 | 551 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 1974 | 841.7 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 1975 | 456.8 kg/ha | -45.7% |
| 1976 | 488.4 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 674.9 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 1978 | 773 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1979 | 559.4 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1980 | 442.4 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 588 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1982 | 457.9 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1983 | 558.3 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1984 | 730.1 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1985 | 589.4 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1986 | 653.6 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 665.8 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 655.8 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 635.6 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 565.9 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1991 | 565.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 660.1 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1993 | 734.8 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1994 | 827.2 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 478.5 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1996 | 743 kg/ha | +55.3% |
| 1997 | 606.8 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1998 | 496.7 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1999 | 500 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 830.3 kg/ha | +66.1% |
| 2001 | 642.7 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2002 | 516.8 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2003 | 237.8 kg/ha | -54.0% |
| 2004 | 731.8 kg/ha | +207.7% |
| 2005 | 827.6 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2006 | 767.1 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 333.6 kg/ha | -56.5% |
| 2008 | 735.3 kg/ha | +120.4% |
| 2009 | 514.5 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2010 | 628.2 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2011 | 582.1 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 505.3 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2013 | 575 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 582.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 583.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 579.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 581.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 581.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 580.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 581.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 581.3 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 581.2 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 581.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 581.2 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 581.2 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 719.2 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Safflower seed — Yield in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +207.7% | 237.8 kg/ha | 731.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 540.89 kg/ha | 376.2 kg/ha | 708.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 553.13 kg/ha | 337.9 kg/ha | 841.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 597.69 kg/ha | 442.4 kg/ha | 730.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 617.89 kg/ha | 478.5 kg/ha | 827.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 613.75 kg/ha | 237.8 kg/ha | 830.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 578.01 kg/ha | 505.3 kg/ha | 628.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 581.28 kg/ha | 581.2 kg/ha | 581.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 15 Argentina 720.9 kg/ha compare
- 16 Canada 687.5 kg/ha compare
- 17 Russian Federation 669.1 kg/ha compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 581.2 kg/ha compare
- 20 Uzbekistan 543.7 kg/ha compare
- 21 USSR 541.7 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — yield in Australia?
- Safflower seed — yield in Australia was 581.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 841.7 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 237.8 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Australia rank for safflower seed — yield?
- Australia ranks 18th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Safflower seed — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.