Safflower seed — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 102,918 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 102,918 ha for safflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and down 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Americas peaked at 629,907 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 90,435 ha, in 2021.
That places Americas 6th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 202,827 ha | — |
| 1962 | 253,734 ha | +25.1% |
| 1963 | 266,184 ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 184,924 ha | -30.5% |
| 1965 | 175,353 ha | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 307,380 ha | +75.3% |
| 1967 | 226,169 ha | -26.4% |
| 1968 | 154,734 ha | -31.6% |
| 1969 | 237,064 ha | +53.2% |
| 1970 | 262,143 ha | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 363,905 ha | +38.8% |
| 1972 | 300,509 ha | -17.4% |
| 1973 | 300,266 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 289,854 ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 461,973 ha | +59.4% |
| 1976 | 232,475 ha | -49.7% |
| 1977 | 486,413 ha | +109.2% |
| 1978 | 518,102 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 629,907 ha | +21.6% |
| 1980 | 475,150 ha | -24.6% |
| 1981 | 450,470 ha | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 253,720 ha | -43.7% |
| 1983 | 405,138 ha | +59.7% |
| 1984 | 307,935 ha | -24.0% |
| 1985 | 325,964 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 299,492 ha | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 376,248 ha | +25.6% |
| 1988 | 326,506 ha | -13.2% |
| 1989 | 285,103 ha | -12.7% |
| 1990 | 265,057 ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 202,435 ha | -23.6% |
| 1992 | 229,617 ha | +13.4% |
| 1993 | 215,313 ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 163,596 ha | -24.0% |
| 1995 | 216,129 ha | +32.1% |
| 1996 | 216,756 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 200,960 ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 266,680 ha | +32.7% |
| 1999 | 293,288 ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 203,629 ha | -30.6% |
| 2001 | 240,375 ha | +18.0% |
| 2002 | 158,726 ha | -34.0% |
| 2003 | 254,799 ha | +60.5% |
| 2004 | 306,746 ha | +20.4% |
| 2005 | 200,924 ha | -34.5% |
| 2006 | 167,573 ha | -16.6% |
| 2007 | 236,845 ha | +41.3% |
| 2008 | 188,015 ha | -20.6% |
| 2009 | 229,292 ha | +22.0% |
| 2010 | 217,918 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 193,576 ha | -11.2% |
| 2012 | 399,135 ha | +106.2% |
| 2013 | 237,004 ha | -40.6% |
| 2014 | 189,178 ha | -20.2% |
| 2015 | 237,027 ha | +25.3% |
| 2016 | 207,511 ha | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 129,880 ha | -37.4% |
| 2018 | 124,758 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 117,784 ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 129,723 ha | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 90,435 ha | -30.3% |
| 2022 | 98,851 ha | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 94,287 ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 102,918 ha | +9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 223,152 ha | 154,734 ha | 307,380 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 384,555 ha | 232,475 ha | 629,907 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 350,573 ha | 253,720 ha | 475,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 226,983 ha | 163,596 ha | 293,288 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 218,692 ha | 158,726 ha | 306,746 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 205,377 ha | 117,784 ha | 399,135 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 103,243 ha | 90,435 ha | 129,723 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 3 Ethiopia PDR 69,000 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 25,922 ha compare
- 4 India 65,417 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 25,410 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,668 ha compare
- 5 Mexico 46,468 ha compare
- 6 China 23,231 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 23,231 ha compare
- 8 Argentina 12,740 ha compare
- 9 USSR 12,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Americas?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Americas was 102,918 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 629,907 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,435 ha in 2021.
- How does Americas rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 6th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas 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.