Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 21,111 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — area harvested in Australia is 21,111 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.9% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Australia peaked at 354,000 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 1,812 ha, in 1962.
That places Australia 37th 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 Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,755 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,812 ha | -34.2% |
| 1963 | 3,937 ha | +117.3% |
| 1964 | 3,750 ha | -4.7% |
| 1965 | 3,138 ha | -16.3% |
| 1966 | 5,224 ha | +66.5% |
| 1967 | 3,906 ha | -25.2% |
| 1968 | 6,046 ha | +54.8% |
| 1969 | 13,642 ha | +125.6% |
| 1970 | 25,981 ha | +90.4% |
| 1971 | 75,716 ha | +191.4% |
| 1972 | 295,019 ha | +289.6% |
| 1973 | 241,840 ha | -18.0% |
| 1974 | 150,578 ha | -37.7% |
| 1975 | 209,474 ha | +39.1% |
| 1976 | 136,880 ha | -34.7% |
| 1977 | 134,637 ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 220,442 ha | +63.7% |
| 1979 | 260,663 ha | +18.2% |
| 1980 | 221,126 ha | -15.2% |
| 1981 | 197,706 ha | -10.6% |
| 1982 | 177,547 ha | -10.2% |
| 1983 | 176,051 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 233,510 ha | +32.6% |
| 1985 | 354,000 ha | +51.6% |
| 1986 | 276,853 ha | -21.8% |
| 1987 | 192,812 ha | -30.4% |
| 1988 | 199,890 ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 184,767 ha | -7.6% |
| 1990 | 66,412 ha | -64.1% |
| 1991 | 166,408 ha | +150.6% |
| 1992 | 78,650 ha | -52.7% |
| 1993 | 59,684 ha | -24.1% |
| 1994 | 112,707 ha | +88.8% |
| 1995 | 135,661 ha | +20.4% |
| 1996 | 82,360 ha | -39.3% |
| 1997 | 138,800 ha | +68.5% |
| 1998 | 92,400 ha | -33.4% |
| 1999 | 167,500 ha | +81.3% |
| 2000 | 162,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 82,320 ha | -49.2% |
| 2002 | 78,759 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 47,408 ha | -39.8% |
| 2004 | 72,445 ha | +52.8% |
| 2005 | 47,878 ha | -33.9% |
| 2006 | 77,516 ha | +61.9% |
| 2007 | 18,827 ha | -75.7% |
| 2008 | 48,400 ha | +157.1% |
| 2009 | 51,757 ha | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 26,600 ha | -48.6% |
| 2011 | 37,177 ha | +39.8% |
| 2012 | 40,200 ha | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 30,300 ha | -24.6% |
| 2014 | 17,121 ha | -43.5% |
| 2015 | 25,390 ha | +48.3% |
| 2016 | 22,804 ha | -10.2% |
| 2017 | 16,104 ha | -29.4% |
| 2018 | 14,305 ha | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 10,970 ha | -23.3% |
| 2020 | 8,536 ha | -22.2% |
| 2021 | 18,448 ha | +116.1% |
| 2022 | 19,400 ha | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 25,115 ha | +29.5% |
| 2024 | 21,111 ha | -15.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 21,111 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +289.6% | 75,716 ha | 295,019 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,912 ha | 1,812 ha | 13,642 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 175,123 ha | 25,981 ha | 295,019 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 221,426 ha | 176,051 ha | 354,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 110,058 ha | 59,684 ha | 167,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 68,731 ha | 18,827 ha | 162,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,097 ha | 10,970 ha | 40,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,522 ha | 8,536 ha | 25,115 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Australia?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Australia was 21,111 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 354,000 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,812 ha in 1962.
- How does Australia rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 37th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.