Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 17,419 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Angola recorded 17,419 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Angola peaked at 17,419 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Angola 43rd out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 15,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1975 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1984 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 16,384 ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 14,969 ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 16,302 ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 14,742 ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 16,102 ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 14,500 ha | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 15,314 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 15,414 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 15,564 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 15,842 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 15,731 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 15,865 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 16,009 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 16,147 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 16,265 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 16,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 16,624 ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 16,710 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 16,805 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 16,877 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 16,961 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 17,047 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 17,126 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 17,187 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 17,273 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 17,343 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 17,419 ha | +0.4% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 17,419 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,923 ha, 1.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Angola's 17,419 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,569 ha, 85% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +50.0% | 10,000 ha | 15,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,111 ha | 5,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,700 ha | 10,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,400 ha | 11,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,300 ha | 14,000 ha | 16,384 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,715 ha | 15,000 ha | 16,265 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,752 ha | 16,000 ha | 17,047 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,270 ha | 17,126 ha | 17,419 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Angola?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Angola was 17,419 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 17,419 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Angola rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 43rd out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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.