Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 196 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 196 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 6,780 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1961.
Algeria ranks 69th of 84 countries on this measure, 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 Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70 ha | +40.0% |
| 1963 | 95 ha | +35.7% |
| 1964 | 120 ha | +26.3% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +66.7% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +100.0% |
| 1967 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1969 | 670 ha | -33.0% |
| 1970 | 3,780 ha | +464.2% |
| 1971 | 6,560 ha | +73.5% |
| 1972 | 4,610 ha | -29.7% |
| 1973 | 5,070 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 6,780 ha | +33.7% |
| 1975 | 2,960 ha | -56.3% |
| 1976 | 1,820 ha | -38.5% |
| 1977 | 990 ha | -45.6% |
| 1978 | 1,160 ha | +17.2% |
| 1979 | 250 ha | -78.4% |
| 1980 | 70 ha | -72.0% |
| 1981 | 520 ha | +642.9% |
| 1982 | 110 ha | -78.8% |
| 1983 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 1984 | 100 ha | -23.1% |
| 1985 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 122 ha | +16.2% |
| 1992 | 126 ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 130 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 132 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 135 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 137 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 140 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 143 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 145 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 148 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 151 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 154 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 157 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 159 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 161 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 163 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 166 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 169 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 174 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 170 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 175 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 189 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 192 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 195 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 199 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 195 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 196 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 197 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 196 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 196 ha | +0.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 196 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,918 ha, 3% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 196 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 525.5 ha, 37% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +642.9% | 70 ha | 520 ha |
| 1970 | +464.2% | 670 ha | 3,780 ha |
| 1966 | +100.0% | 200 ha | 400 ha |
| 1968 | +100.0% | 500 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1982 | -78.8% | 520 ha | 110 ha |
| 1979 | -78.4% | 1,160 ha | 250 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 345 ha | 50 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,398 ha | 250 ha | 6,780 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 143 ha | 70 ha | 520 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 131.5 ha | 105 ha | 145 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 160.2 ha | 148 ha | 174 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 184.5 ha | 170 ha | 199 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 196 ha | 195 ha | 197 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Algeria?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Algeria was 196 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 6,780 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1961.
- How does Algeria rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 69th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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.