India vs Zambia: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- India
- Zambia
How they compare
India currently reports 157,662 ha against 103,777 ha in Zambia, a difference of 53,885 ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.5 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.
India ranks 19th and Zambia ranks 22nd of 84 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 1,622 ha | 1,622 ha | Zambia |
| 1970s | 201,230 ha | 14,789 ha | 186,441 ha | India |
| 1980s | 811,590 ha | 46,619 ha | 764,971 ha | India |
| 1990s | 1.95 million ha | 29,767 ha | 1.92 million ha | India |
| 2000s | 1.77 million ha | 28,006 ha | 1.74 million ha | India |
| 2010s | 620,526 ha | 68,657 ha | 551,869 ha | India |
| 2020s | 237,717 ha | 141,701 ha | 96,016 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, India or Zambia?
- India, at 157,662 ha against 103,777 ha in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between India and Zambia?
- 53,885 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Zambia rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- India ranks 19th and Zambia ranks 22nd 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.