Safflower seed — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 46,468 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, safflower seed — area harvested in Mexico stood at 46,468 ha.
That represents a change of up 37.5% on the previous year and down 59.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 528,357 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 26,709 ha, in 2018.
Mexico ranks 5th 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 | 77,355 ha | 32,861 ha | 164,933 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 293,793 ha | 175,391 ha | 528,357 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 264,827 ha | 148,898 ha | 416,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 106,511 ha | 57,676 ha | 168,358 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 98,933 ha | 52,758 ha | 212,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,828 ha | 26,709 ha | 172,866 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,409 ha | 31,095 ha | 50,414 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 2 Russian Federation 238,530 ha compare
- 3 Ethiopia PDR 69,000 ha compare
- 4 India 65,417 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 25,922 ha compare
- 7 Türkiye 25,410 ha compare
- 8 China 23,231 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 23,231 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture share gdp 3.88 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.88 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 20.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 26.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 71.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.67 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Mexico?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Mexico was 46,468 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 528,357 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,709 ha in 2018.
- How does Mexico rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 5th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico 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.