Safflower seed — Production in India
India: Safflower seed — Production was 50,214 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Safflower seed — Production in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for safflower seed — production in India is 50,214 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 44.2% on the previous year and down 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — production in India peaked at 522,000 t in 1994 and was at its lowest, 24,640 t, in 2019.
India ranks 4th of 24 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Safflower seed — Production in India, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 67,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 68,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 62,000 t | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 71,500 t | +15.3% |
| 1966 | 69,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 72,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 77,700 t | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 93,700 t | +20.6% |
| 1970 | 142,400 t | +52.0% |
| 1971 | 153,900 t | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 130,500 t | -15.2% |
| 1973 | 81,800 t | -37.3% |
| 1974 | 191,000 t | +133.5% |
| 1975 | 211,900 t | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 238,300 t | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 219,600 t | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 187,800 t | -14.5% |
| 1979 | 209,000 t | +11.3% |
| 1980 | 279,400 t | +33.7% |
| 1981 | 335,100 t | +19.9% |
| 1982 | 421,500 t | +25.8% |
| 1983 | 395,900 t | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 500,900 t | +26.5% |
| 1985 | 515,200 t | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 347,900 t | -32.5% |
| 1987 | 352,500 t | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 462,200 t | +31.1% |
| 1989 | 444,900 t | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 486,500 t | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 320,100 t | -34.2% |
| 1992 | 202,800 t | -36.6% |
| 1993 | 348,300 t | +71.7% |
| 1994 | 522,000 t | +49.9% |
| 1995 | 423,000 t | -19.0% |
| 1996 | 383,300 t | -9.4% |
| 1997 | 432,300 t | +12.8% |
| 1998 | 120,000 t | -72.2% |
| 1999 | 242,200 t | +101.8% |
| 2000 | 260,400 t | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 202,000 t | -22.4% |
| 2002 | 230,000 t | +13.9% |
| 2003 | 178,500 t | -22.4% |
| 2004 | 134,900 t | -24.4% |
| 2005 | 173,600 t | +28.7% |
| 2006 | 228,600 t | +31.7% |
| 2007 | 240,000 t | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 225,000 t | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 189,200 t | -15.9% |
| 2010 | 178,800 t | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 150,000 t | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 145,000 t | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 109,000 t | -24.8% |
| 2014 | 113,000 t | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 90,000 t | -20.4% |
| 2016 | 53,000 t | -41.1% |
| 2017 | 93,900 t | +77.2% |
| 2018 | 55,280 t | -41.1% |
| 2019 | 24,640 t | -55.4% |
| 2020 | 43,670 t | +77.2% |
| 2021 | 35,890 t | -17.8% |
| 2022 | 61,270 t | +70.7% |
| 2023 | 90,002 t | +46.9% |
| 2024 | 50,214 t | -44.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 50,214 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,569 t, 14.1× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,878 t | 62,000 t | 93,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 176,620 t | 81,800 t | 238,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 405,550 t | 279,400 t | 515,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 348,050 t | 120,000 t | 522,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 206,220 t | 134,900 t | 260,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 101,262 t | 24,640 t | 178,800 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,209 t | 35,890 t | 90,002 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 Kazakhstan 228,717 t compare
- 2 Russian Federation 159,610 t compare
- 2 Türkiye 29,000 t compare
- 3 Mexico 70,634 t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 14,361 t compare
- 5 Ethiopia PDR 35,000 t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,851 t compare
- 6 China 34,106 t compare
- 6 China, mainland 34,106 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — production in India?
- Safflower seed — production in India was 50,214 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — production recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 522,000 t in 1994.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — production recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,640 t in 2019.
- How does India rank for safflower seed — production?
- India ranks 4th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is safflower seed — production rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.6%. 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 — Production. 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.