France vs Spain: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- France
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 754,430 ha against 753,680 ha in France, a difference of 750 ha.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 11th and Spain ranks 10th of 84 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,466 ha | 23,295 ha | 7,829 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 50,652 ha | 473,160 ha | 422,508 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 594,580 ha | 901,125 ha | 306,545 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 947,588 ha | 1.23 million ha | 285,810 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 652,905 ha | 731,415 ha | 78,510 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 644,171 ha | 752,051 ha | 107,880 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 784,336 ha | 738,804 ha | 45,532 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, France or Spain?
- Spain, at 754,430 ha against 753,680 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between France and Spain?
- 750 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Spain rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- France ranks 11th and Spain ranks 10th 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.