Safflower seed — Yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Safflower seed — Yield was 2,577 kg/ha in 2020. ▲ Rising
Safflower seed — Yield in Pakistan, 1971–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for safflower seed — yield in Pakistan is 2,577 kg/ha, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 137.9% on the previous year and up 197.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, safflower seed — yield in Pakistan peaked at 2,577 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 354.9 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Pakistan 1st out of 24 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Safflower seed — Yield in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 640.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1972 | 717 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 712.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 785.7 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 833.3 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 872.7 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 900 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 1,114 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1979 | 926.7 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1980 | 1,090 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1981 | 910.3 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1982 | 1,041 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1983 | 1,076 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 553.4 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 1985 | 553.3 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,094 kg/ha | +97.7% |
| 1987 | 354.9 kg/ha | -67.6% |
| 1988 | 413.7 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1989 | 495.1 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1990 | 521.2 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 529.4 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 390 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1993 | 495.3 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1994 | 547.6 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 632.8 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1996 | 671.8 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 708.3 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 595.2 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 447.4 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 2000 | 721.3 kg/ha | +61.2% |
| 2001 | 732.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 770.5 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 770.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 700 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 719.3 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 808.5 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 844.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 909.1 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 890.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 865.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 871.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,061 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2013 | 1,046 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,050 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,048 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,050 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,083 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 2,577 kg/ha | +137.9% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 2,577 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Safflower seed — Yield in Pakistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +137.9% | 1,083 kg/ha | 2,577 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +97.7% | 553.3 kg/ha | 1,094 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -67.6% | 1,094 kg/ha | 354.9 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +61.2% | 447.4 kg/ha | 721.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 833.67 kg/ha | 640.8 kg/ha | 1,114 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1980s | 758.24 kg/ha | 354.9 kg/ha | 1,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 553.9 kg/ha | 390 kg/ha | 708.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 786.65 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 909.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,009 kg/ha | 865.4 kg/ha | 1,083 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 2,577 kg/ha | 2,577 kg/ha | 2,577 kg/ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,322 kg/ha compare
- 2 Tajikistan 1,626 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 1,141 kg/ha compare
- 3 Mexico 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 4 China 1,468 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 1,468 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is safflower seed — yield in Pakistan?
- Safflower seed — yield in Pakistan was 2,577 kg/ha in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest safflower seed — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,577 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest safflower seed — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 354.9 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Pakistan rank for safflower seed — yield?
- Pakistan ranks 1st out of 24 countries with data for 2020.
- Is safflower seed — yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 197.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Safflower seed — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.