Myanmar vs South Africa: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Myanmar
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 529,000 ha against 230,000 ha in Myanmar, a difference of 299,000 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 2.3 times Myanmar's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Myanmar ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 13th of 84 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 509.22 ha | 163,222 ha | 162,713 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 10,616 ha | 298,600 ha | 287,984 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 137,479 ha | 349,500 ha | 212,021 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 162,330 ha | 544,700 ha | 382,370 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 595,752 ha | 517,094 ha | 78,658 ha | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 460,056 ha | 564,380 ha | 104,324 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 232,322 ha | 546,700 ha | 314,378 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, Myanmar or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 529,000 ha against 230,000 ha in Myanmar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between Myanmar and South Africa?
- 299,000 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Myanmar and South Africa rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 13th 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.