Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 537 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Albania recorded 537 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 64.2% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Albania peaked at 34,000 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 327 ha, in 2023.
That places Albania 67th out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Albania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 5,159 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 5,774 ha | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 6,873 ha | +19.0% |
| 1966 | 6,982 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 11,160 ha | +59.8% |
| 1968 | 14,009 ha | +25.5% |
| 1969 | 18,084 ha | +29.1% |
| 1970 | 17,136 ha | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 20,173 ha | +17.7% |
| 1972 | 22,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 23,900 ha | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 25,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 26,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 28,200 ha | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 30,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 34,000 ha | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 30,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 33,500 ha | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 28,000 ha | -16.4% |
| 1987 | 26,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 24,600 ha | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 21,700 ha | -11.8% |
| 1990 | 21,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 8,650 ha | -58.8% |
| 1992 | 8,457 ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 2,069 ha | -75.5% |
| 1994 | 1,233 ha | -40.4% |
| 1995 | 1,227 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,119 ha | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 1,465 ha | +30.9% |
| 1998 | 1,656 ha | +13.0% |
| 1999 | 1,600 ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 1,900 ha | +18.8% |
| 2001 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 1,434 ha | -15.6% |
| 2004 | 2,800 ha | +95.3% |
| 2005 | 1,100 ha | -60.7% |
| 2006 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 2007 | 2,100 ha | +61.5% |
| 2008 | 1,400 ha | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 1,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 1,460 ha | +12.3% |
| 2012 | 1,400 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 1,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 2014 | 686 ha | -31.4% |
| 2015 | 700 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 680 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 502 ha | -26.2% |
| 2018 | 371 ha | -26.1% |
| 2019 | 439 ha | +18.3% |
| 2020 | 542 ha | +23.5% |
| 2021 | 389 ha | -28.2% |
| 2022 | 333 ha | -14.4% |
| 2023 | 327 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 537 ha | +64.2% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 537 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,918 ha, 9% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Albania's 537 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10,400 ha, 5% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,560 ha | 4,000 ha | 18,084 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,721 ha | 17,136 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,240 ha | 21,700 ha | 34,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,848 ha | 1,119 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,673 ha | 1,100 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 853.8 ha | 371 ha | 1,460 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 425.6 ha | 327 ha | 542 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Albania?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Albania was 537 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 34,000 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 327 ha in 2023.
- How does Albania rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 67th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Albania 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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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.