Eastern Asia vs South Africa: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- South Africa
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 780,219 ha against 529,000 ha in South Africa, a difference of 251,219 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.5 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Eastern Asia ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 13th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 5 and South Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,556 ha | 163,222 ha | 98,667 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 147,150 ha | 298,600 ha | 151,450 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 948,488 ha | 349,500 ha | 598,988 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 807,664 ha | 544,700 ha | 262,964 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 1.01 million ha | 517,094 ha | 496,300 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 970,129 ha | 564,380 ha | 405,749 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 747,155 ha | 546,700 ha | 200,455 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, Eastern Asia or South Africa?
- Eastern Asia, at 780,219 ha against 529,000 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between Eastern Asia and South Africa?
- 251,219 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and South Africa rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 13th 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.