India vs Italy: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- India
- Italy
How they compare
India currently reports 157,662 ha against 110,400 ha in Italy, a difference of 47,262 ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.4 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
India ranks 19th and Italy ranks 21st of 84 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 6 and Italy in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 1,899 ha | 1,899 ha | Italy |
| 1970s | 201,230 ha | 18,352 ha | 182,878 ha | India |
| 1980s | 811,590 ha | 100,885 ha | 710,705 ha | India |
| 1990s | 1.95 million ha | 192,904 ha | 1.76 million ha | India |
| 2000s | 1.77 million ha | 150,767 ha | 1.62 million ha | India |
| 2010s | 620,526 ha | 113,122 ha | 507,403 ha | India |
| 2020s | 237,717 ha | 116,688 ha | 121,029 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, India or Italy?
- India, at 157,662 ha against 110,400 ha in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between India and Italy?
- 47,262 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Italy?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Italy rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- India ranks 19th and Italy ranks 21st 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.