Southern Europe vs Spain: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Southern Europe
- Spain
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 1.27 million ha against 754,430 ha in Spain, a difference of 518,430 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 1.7 times Spain's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.
Southern Europe ranks 13th and Spain ranks 10th of 25 groups.
Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Europe | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 182,680 ha | 23,295 ha | 159,385 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 732,284 ha | 473,160 ha | 259,124 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1980s | 1.27 million ha | 901,125 ha | 367,734 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 1.76 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 528,229 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 1.13 million ha | 731,415 ha | 402,430 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 1.19 million ha | 752,051 ha | 439,361 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 1.24 million ha | 738,804 ha | 502,730 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, Southern Europe or Spain?
- Southern Europe, at 1.27 million ha against 754,430 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between Southern Europe and Spain?
- 518,430 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Europe and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Europe and Spain rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 13th and Spain ranks 10th of 25 groups.
- 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.