Asia vs Romania: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Romania
How they compare
Asia currently reports 3.59 million ha against 1.24 million ha in Romania, a difference of 2.35 million ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.9 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Romania ahead.
Asia ranks 1st and Romania ranks 6th of 10 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 6 and Romania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261,333 ha | 473,551 ha | 212,218 ha | Romania |
| 1970s | 864,144 ha | 530,292 ha | 333,852 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 2.62 million ha | 477,882 ha | 2.14 million ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 4.02 million ha | 703,342 ha | 3.32 million ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 4.79 million ha | 880,844 ha | 3.91 million ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 3.85 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 2.82 million ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 3.36 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 2.22 million ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, Asia or Romania?
- Asia, at 3.59 million ha against 1.24 million ha in Romania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between Asia and Romania?
- 2.35 million ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Romania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Romania rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and Romania ranks 6th of 10 regions.
- 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.