Safflower seed — Area harvested in India
India: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 65,417 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 65,417 ha for safflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 39.9% on the previous year and down 63.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in India peaked at 1.05 million ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 45,890 ha, in 2019.
India ranks 4th of 27 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 475,578 ha | 440,000 ha | 577,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 621,680 ha | 423,300 ha | 706,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 840,410 ha | 719,900 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 651,290 ha | 200,000 ha | 842,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 372,980 ha | 294,600 ha | 438,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 161,390 ha | 45,890 ha | 287,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,207 ha | 51,790 ha | 108,927 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 Kazakhstan 316,504 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 238,530 ha compare
- 3 Ethiopia PDR 69,000 ha compare
- 5 Mexico 46,468 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 25,922 ha compare
- 7 Türkiye 25,410 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 37.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in India?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in India was 65,417 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,890 ha in 2019.
- How does India rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- India ranks 4th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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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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.