France vs Middle Africa: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- France
- Middle Africa
How they compare
France currently reports 753,680 ha against 17,419 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 736,261 ha.
That makes France's figure about 43.3 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
France ranks 11th and Middle Africa ranks 8th of 84 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,466 ha | 7,111 ha | 8,355 ha | France |
| 1970s | 50,652 ha | 13,700 ha | 36,952 ha | France |
| 1980s | 594,580 ha | 12,400 ha | 582,180 ha | France |
| 1990s | 947,588 ha | 15,300 ha | 932,288 ha | France |
| 2000s | 652,905 ha | 15,715 ha | 637,190 ha | France |
| 2010s | 644,171 ha | 16,752 ha | 627,418 ha | France |
| 2020s | 784,336 ha | 17,270 ha | 767,066 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, France or Middle Africa?
- France, at 753,680 ha against 17,419 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between France and Middle Africa?
- 736,261 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Middle Africa rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- France ranks 11th and Middle Africa ranks 8th 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.