Safflower seed — Production in United States of America

United States of America: Safflower seed — Production was 58,780 t in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
58,780 t
Change on year
down 0.8%
Rank
8th
of 21 groups
All-time high
358,338 t
in 1963
All-time low
58,780 t
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Safflower seed — Production in United States of America, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

United States of America recorded 58,780 t for safflower seed — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 37.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, safflower seed — production in United States of America peaked at 358,338 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 58,780 t, in 2024.

That places United States of America 8th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Safflower seed — Production in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Safflower seed — Production in United States of America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 163,293 t
1962 343,823 t +110.6%
1963 358,338 t +4.2%
1964 251,290 t -29.9%
1965 271,248 t +7.9%
1966 309,350 t +14.0%
1967 252,197 t -18.5%
1968 162,386 t -35.6%
1969 196,859 t +21.2%
1970 170,055 t -13.6%
1971 237,682 t +39.8%
1972 233,700 t -1.7%
1973 179,080 t -23.4%
1974 160,000 t -10.7%
1975 180,000 t +12.5%
1976 69,000 t -61.7%
1977 159,000 t +130.4%
1978 168,000 t +5.7%
1979 185,000 t +10.1%
1980 105,000 t -43.2%
1981 92,000 t -12.4%
1982 108,171 t +17.6%
1983 85,000 t -21.4%
1984 128,600 t +51.3%
1985 135,500 t +5.4%
1986 149,000 t +10.0%
1987 147,000 t -1.3%
1988 150,000 t +2.0%
1989 161,000 t +7.3%
1990 120,000 t -25.5%
1991 113,760 t -5.2%
1992 184,510 t +62.2%
1993 243,080 t +31.7%
1994 193,500 t -20.4%
1995 200,619 t +3.7%
1996 180,264 t -10.1%
1997 177,710 t -1.4%
1998 186,900 t +5.2%
1999 183,600 t -1.8%
2000 128,160 t -30.2%
2001 108,982 t -15.0%
2002 120,451 t +10.5%
2003 124,627 t +3.5%
2004 86,802 t -30.4%
2005 99,334 t +14.4%
2006 89,337 t -10.1%
2007 95,547 t +7.0%
2008 140,810 t +47.4%
2009 109,760 t -22.1%
2010 100,400 t -8.5%
2011 76,960 t -23.3%
2012 78,900 t +2.5%
2013 95,360 t +20.9%
2014 94,640 t -0.8%
2015 97,180 t +2.7%
2016 99,170 t +2.0%
2017 79,840 t -19.5%
2018 107,170 t +34.2%
2019 87,500 t -18.4%
2020 69,000 t -21.1%
2021 59,740 t -13.4%
2022 73,230 t +22.6%
2023 59,230 t -19.1%
2024 58,780 t -0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 256,532 t 162,386 t 358,338 t 9
1970s 174,152 t 69,000 t 237,682 t 10
1980s 126,127 t 85,000 t 161,000 t 10
1990s 178,394 t 113,760 t 243,080 t 10
2000s 110,381 t 86,802 t 140,810 t 10
2010s 91,712 t 76,960 t 107,170 t 10
2020s 63,996 t 58,780 t 73,230 t 5

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 5 Ethiopia PDR 35,000 t compare
  2. 6 China 34,106 t compare
  3. 6 China, mainland 34,106 t compare
  4. 8 Kyrgyzstan 10,668 t compare
  5. 9 Argentina 9,184 t compare
  6. 10 Ethiopia 8,716 t compare
  7. 11 USSR 6,500 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is safflower seed — production in United States of America?
Safflower seed — production in United States of America was 58,780 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest safflower seed — production recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 358,338 t in 1963.
What is the lowest safflower seed — production recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 58,780 t in 2024.
How does United States of America rank for safflower seed — production?
United States of America ranks 8th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
Is safflower seed — production rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 37.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United States of America 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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Indicator
Safflower seed — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
50 places, 2,471 data points, 1961–2024
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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.