Safflower seed — Yield in China
China: Safflower seed — Yield was 1,468 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Safflower seed — Yield in China, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 1,468 kg/ha for safflower seed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — yield in China peaked at 2,083 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 800 kg/ha, in 1999.
China ranks 4th of 24 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,765 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,000 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1994 | 1,220 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1995 | 1,429 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1996 | 1,882 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1997 | 1,190 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 1998 | 2,083 kg/ha | +75.0% |
| 1999 | 800 kg/ha | -61.6% |
| 2000 | 1,300 kg/ha | +62.5% |
| 2001 | 1,579 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2002 | 1,524 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 1,474 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 1,364 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2005 | 1,524 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 1,364 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 1,524 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 1,477 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 1,478 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,430 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 1,432 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,442 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,439 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,437 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,447 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,440 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,441 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,442 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,441 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,441 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,451 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,465 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,466 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,468 kg/ha | +0.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1,468 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 722.6 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Safflower seed — Yield in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +75.0% | 1,190 kg/ha | 2,083 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +62.5% | 800 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha |
| 1999 | -61.6% | 2,083 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -39.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha |
| 1997 | -36.8% | 1,882 kg/ha | 1,190 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +31.8% | 1,429 kg/ha | 1,882 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,546 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 2,083 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,461 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,439 kg/ha | 1,430 kg/ha | 1,447 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,458 kg/ha | 1,441 kg/ha | 1,468 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,322 kg/ha compare
- 1 Pakistan 2,577 kg/ha compare
- 2 Tajikistan 1,626 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 1,141 kg/ha compare
- 3 Mexico 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 1,468 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 554 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 1,199 kg/ha compare
- 7 Palestine 1,197 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — yield in China?
- Safflower seed — yield in China was 1,468 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 2,083 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does China rank for safflower seed — yield?
- China ranks 4th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.