China vs Eastern Africa: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- China
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.59 million ha against 780,219 ha in China, a difference of 807,081 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 2.0 times China's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
China ranks 8th and Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 84 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 5 and Eastern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,556 ha | 49,700 ha | 14,856 ha | China |
| 1970s | 147,150 ha | 122,663 ha | 24,487 ha | China |
| 1980s | 948,488 ha | 217,826 ha | 730,662 ha | China |
| 1990s | 807,664 ha | 314,227 ha | 493,437 ha | China |
| 2000s | 1.01 million ha | 565,339 ha | 448,055 ha | China |
| 2010s | 970,129 ha | 1.24 million ha | 267,549 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 747,155 ha | 1.60 million ha | 855,621 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, China or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.59 million ha against 780,219 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between China and Eastern Africa?
- 807,081 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Africa rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- China ranks 8th and Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 84 countries.
- 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.