Spain vs Türkiye: Sunflower seed — Area harvested
Sunflower seed — Area harvested over time
- Spain
- Türkiye
How they compare
Türkiye currently reports 971,032 ha against 754,430 ha in Spain, a difference of 216,602 ha.
That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Türkiye ahead.
Spain ranks 10th and Türkiye ranks 4th of 84 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 5 and Türkiye in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,295 ha | 174,600 ha | 151,305 ha | Türkiye |
| 1970s | 473,160 ha | 425,100 ha | 48,060 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 901,125 ha | 633,972 ha | 267,153 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 1.23 million ha | 595,139 ha | 638,259 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 731,415 ha | 555,256 ha | 176,159 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 752,051 ha | 683,337 ha | 68,714 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 738,804 ha | 906,366 ha | 167,562 ha | Türkiye |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sunflower seed — area harvested, Spain or Türkiye?
- Türkiye, at 971,032 ha against 754,430 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sunflower seed — area harvested between Spain and Türkiye?
- 216,602 ha, with Türkiye ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Türkiye?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Spain and Türkiye rank globally for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 10th 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.