Safflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 69,085 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, safflower seed — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 69,085 ha.
The figure is down 38.6% on the previous year and down 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 1.05 million ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 49,594 ha, in 2019.
Southern Asia ranks 7th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 440,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 445,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 450,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 455,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 460,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 462,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 478,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 512,647 ha | +7.2% |
| 1969 | 578,018 ha | +12.8% |
| 1970 | 581,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 588,803 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 597,753 ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 423,380 ha | -29.2% |
| 1974 | 613,870 ha | +45.0% |
| 1975 | 647,860 ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 673,655 ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 683,050 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 706,535 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 703,232 ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 733,522 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 722,275 ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 752,727 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 786,231 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 834,247 ha | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 920,229 ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 913,974 ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 894,708 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 1.05 million ha | +17.7% |
| 1989 | 815,706 ha | -22.5% |
| 1990 | 842,749 ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 823,668 ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 502,741 ha | -39.0% |
| 1993 | 735,808 ha | +46.4% |
| 1994 | 795,070 ha | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 792,284 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 685,994 ha | -13.4% |
| 1997 | 705,749 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 200,531 ha | -71.6% |
| 1999 | 441,093 ha | +120.0% |
| 2000 | 438,872 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 425,693 ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 406,342 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 371,280 ha | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 366,088 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 375,454 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 369,680 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 353,751 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 355,558 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 297,667 ha | -16.3% |
| 2010 | 291,497 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 232,345 ha | -20.3% |
| 2012 | 182,956 ha | -21.3% |
| 2013 | 156,963 ha | -14.2% |
| 2014 | 178,901 ha | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 179,256 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 148,129 ha | -17.4% |
| 2017 | 147,447 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 85,986 ha | -41.7% |
| 2019 | 49,594 ha | -42.3% |
| 2020 | 55,462 ha | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 59,743 ha | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 82,518 ha | +38.1% |
| 2023 | 112,570 ha | +36.4% |
| 2024 | 69,085 ha | -38.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 475,629 ha | 440,000 ha | 578,018 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 621,934 ha | 423,380 ha | 706,535 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 842,666 ha | 722,275 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 652,569 ha | 200,531 ha | 842,749 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 376,038 ha | 297,667 ha | 438,872 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 165,307 ha | 49,594 ha | 291,497 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,876 ha | 55,462 ha | 112,570 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 15.50 million t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in Southern Asia was 69,085 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,594 ha in 2019.
- How does Southern Asia rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 7th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.