Africa vs India: Safflower seed — Area harvested
Safflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 65,417 ha against 33,189 ha in Africa, a difference of 32,228 ha.
That makes India's figure about 2.0 times Africa's.
Across all 62 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 12th and India ranks 4th of 21 groups.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,056 ha | 475,578 ha | 417,522 ha | India |
| 1970s | 63,870 ha | 621,680 ha | 557,810 ha | India |
| 1980s | 66,300 ha | 840,410 ha | 774,110 ha | India |
| 1990s | 33,225 ha | 623,225 ha | 590,000 ha | India |
| 2000s | 28,332 ha | 372,980 ha | 344,648 ha | India |
| 2010s | 32,411 ha | 161,390 ha | 128,979 ha | India |
| 2020s | 33,213 ha | 72,207 ha | 38,994 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher safflower seed — area harvested, Africa or India?
- India, at 65,417 ha against 33,189 ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in safflower seed — area harvested between Africa and India?
- 32,228 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and India?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and India rank globally for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 12th and India ranks 4th of 21 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Safflower seed — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.