Central Asia vs France: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Central Asia
- France
How they compare
Central Asia currently reports 1.27 million ha against 753,680 ha in France, a difference of 521,140 ha.
That makes Central Asia's figure about 1.7 times France's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was France ahead.
Central Asia ranks 12th and France ranks 11th of 25 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Central Asia averaged higher in 2 and France in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central Asia | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 268,528 ha | 907,642 ha | 639,114 ha | France |
| 2000s | 466,792 ha | 652,905 ha | 186,113 ha | France |
| 2010s | 841,073 ha | 644,171 ha | 196,902 ha | Central Asia |
| 2020s | 1.05 million ha | 784,336 ha | 267,627 ha | Central Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, Central Asia or France?
- Central Asia, at 1.27 million ha against 753,680 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between Central Asia and France?
- 521,140 ha, with Central Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and France?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do Central Asia and France rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Central Asia ranks 12th and France ranks 11th 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.