Africa vs China: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- China
How they compare
Africa currently reports 2.34 million ha against 780,219 ha in China, a difference of 1.56 million ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 3.0 times China's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 7th and China ranks 8th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 6 and China in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 229,504 ha | 64,556 ha | 164,948 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 473,006 ha | 147,150 ha | 325,856 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 682,003 ha | 948,488 ha | 266,486 ha | China |
| 1990s | 1.08 million ha | 807,664 ha | 273,327 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 1.24 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 223,989 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 1.99 million ha | 970,129 ha | 1.02 million ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 2.36 million ha | 747,155 ha | 1.61 million ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, Africa or China?
- Africa, at 2.34 million ha against 780,219 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between Africa and China?
- 1.56 million ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 7th and China ranks 8th of 25 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sunflower seed — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.