Romania vs Türkiye: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Romania
- Türkiye
How they compare
Romania currently reports 1.24 million ha against 971,032 ha in Türkiye, a difference of 272,218 ha.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.3 times Türkiye's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Romania ahead.
Romania ranks 6th and Türkiye ranks 4th of 84 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 6 and Türkiye in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 473,551 ha | 174,600 ha | 298,951 ha | Romania |
| 1970s | 530,292 ha | 425,100 ha | 105,192 ha | Romania |
| 1980s | 477,882 ha | 633,972 ha | 156,089 ha | Türkiye |
| 1990s | 703,342 ha | 595,139 ha | 108,203 ha | Romania |
| 2000s | 880,844 ha | 555,256 ha | 325,588 ha | Romania |
| 2010s | 1.03 million ha | 683,337 ha | 341,720 ha | Romania |
| 2020s | 1.14 million ha | 906,366 ha | 229,872 ha | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, Romania or Türkiye?
- Romania, at 1.24 million ha against 971,032 ha in Türkiye as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between Romania and Türkiye?
- 272,218 ha, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Türkiye?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Romania and Türkiye rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 6th and Türkiye ranks 4th 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.