Safflower seed — Area harvested in World
World: Safflower seed — Area harvested was 835,600 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Safflower seed — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for safflower seed — area harvested in World is 835,600 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.7% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — area harvested in World peaked at 1.52 million ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 644,427 ha, in 1998.
That places World 1st out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 757,220 ha | — |
| 1962 | 812,008 ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 836,476 ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 773,180 ha | -7.6% |
| 1965 | 777,576 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 936,323 ha | +20.4% |
| 1967 | 889,501 ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 819,040 ha | -7.9% |
| 1969 | 911,378 ha | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 964,685 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 1.12 million ha | +16.0% |
| 1972 | 1.03 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 883,190 ha | -14.6% |
| 1974 | 1.07 million ha | +21.6% |
| 1975 | 1.29 million ha | +19.9% |
| 1976 | 1.06 million ha | -17.5% |
| 1977 | 1.33 million ha | +24.9% |
| 1978 | 1.40 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 1.48 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 1.32 million ha | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 1.29 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 1.11 million ha | -13.9% |
| 1983 | 1.34 million ha | +20.8% |
| 1984 | 1.29 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 1.39 million ha | +8.1% |
| 1986 | 1.34 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 1.40 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 1.52 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 1.22 million ha | -19.5% |
| 1990 | 1.21 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 1.13 million ha | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 895,012 ha | -20.5% |
| 1993 | 1.06 million ha | +18.7% |
| 1994 | 1.12 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 1.18 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 1.10 million ha | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 1.09 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 644,427 ha | -40.7% |
| 1999 | 972,444 ha | +50.9% |
| 2000 | 868,008 ha | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 813,893 ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 696,352 ha | -14.4% |
| 2003 | 849,410 ha | +22.0% |
| 2004 | 926,939 ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 804,485 ha | -13.2% |
| 2006 | 705,824 ha | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 753,910 ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 763,876 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 823,533 ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 834,835 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 804,102 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 968,587 ha | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 896,898 ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 893,054 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.05 million ha | +18.0% |
| 2016 | 1.17 million ha | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 861,523 ha | -26.3% |
| 2018 | 655,199 ha | -23.9% |
| 2019 | 649,531 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 784,677 ha | +20.8% |
| 2021 | 859,841 ha | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million ha | +40.1% |
| 2023 | 1.04 million ha | -13.6% |
| 2024 | 835,600 ha | -19.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 834,745 ha | 757,220 ha | 936,323 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.16 million ha | 883,190 ha | 1.48 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.32 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.04 million ha | 644,427 ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 800,623 ha | 696,352 ha | 926,939 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 878,718 ha | 649,531 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 945,218 ha | 784,677 ha | 1.20 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Kazakhstan 316,504 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 238,530 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — area harvested in World?
- Safflower seed — area harvested in World was 835,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.52 million ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 644,427 ha in 1998.
- How does World rank for safflower seed — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.