Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 1,117 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Afghanistan stood at 1,117 ha.
That represents a change of up 11.7% on the previous year and up 431.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 13,824 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 170 ha, in 2009.
That places Afghanistan 63rd out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 8,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 8,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 8,940 ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11,800 ha | +18.0% |
| 1980 | 11,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 12,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 11,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 11,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 11,700 ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 11,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 11,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 11,801 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 11,698 ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 11,386 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 10,000 ha | -12.2% |
| 1996 | 9,876 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 11,500 ha | +16.4% |
| 1998 | 12,081 ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 11,511 ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 11,271 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 10,633 ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 9,766 ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 10,254 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 10,625 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 13,824 ha | +30.1% |
| 2006 | 6,630 ha | -52.0% |
| 2007 | 3,000 ha | -54.8% |
| 2008 | 1,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 2009 | 170 ha | -83.0% |
| 2010 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 407 ha | +139.4% |
| 2014 | 210 ha | -48.4% |
| 2015 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 493 ha | +134.8% |
| 2017 | 572 ha | +16.0% |
| 2018 | 658 ha | +15.0% |
| 2019 | 981 ha | +49.1% |
| 2020 | 362 ha | -63.1% |
| 2021 | 599 ha | +65.5% |
| 2022 | 678 ha | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 1,000 ha | +47.5% |
| 2024 | 1,117 ha | +11.7% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 1,117 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 20,957 ha, 5% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 1,117 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 525.5 ha, 2.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +139.4% | 170 ha | 407 ha |
| 2016 | +134.8% | 210 ha | 493 ha |
| 2009 | -83.0% | 1,000 ha | 170 ha |
| 2008 | -66.7% | 3,000 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 2021 | +65.5% | 362 ha | 599 ha |
| 2020 | -63.1% | 981 ha | 362 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,289 ha | 8,200 ha | 8,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,494 ha | 8,300 ha | 11,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,960 ha | 11,700 ha | 12,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,295 ha | 9,876 ha | 12,081 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,717 ha | 170 ha | 13,824 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 404.1 ha | 170 ha | 981 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 751.2 ha | 362 ha | 1,117 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Afghanistan was 1,117 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 13,824 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 ha in 2009.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 63rd out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 431.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sunflower seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.