Eastern Africa vs Spain: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.59 million ha against 754,430 ha in Spain, a difference of 832,870 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 2.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 11th and Spain ranks 10th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,700 ha | 23,295 ha | 26,405 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 122,663 ha | 473,160 ha | 350,497 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 217,826 ha | 901,125 ha | 683,299 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 314,227 ha | 1.23 million ha | 919,171 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 565,339 ha | 731,415 ha | 166,076 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 752,051 ha | 485,627 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 1.60 million ha | 738,804 ha | 863,972 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Spain?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.59 million ha against 754,430 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Spain?
- 832,870 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Spain rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th and Spain ranks 10th 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.