Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Austria
Austria: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 22,440 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Austria, 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 Austria is 22,440 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Austria peaked at 39,294 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 41 ha, in 1983.
Austria ranks 36th of 84 countries on this measure, 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 Austria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 510 ha | — |
| 1962 | 510 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,712 ha | +235.7% |
| 1964 | 1,619 ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 1,626 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 1,893 ha | +16.4% |
| 1967 | 2,101 ha | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 2,072 ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 589 ha | -71.6% |
| 1970 | 645 ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 624 ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 627 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 91 ha | -85.5% |
| 1974 | 93 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 188 ha | +102.2% |
| 1976 | 227 ha | +20.7% |
| 1977 | 294 ha | +29.5% |
| 1978 | 474 ha | +61.2% |
| 1979 | 1,654 ha | +248.9% |
| 1980 | 492 ha | -70.3% |
| 1981 | 261 ha | -47.0% |
| 1982 | 253 ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 41 ha | -83.8% |
| 1984 | 49 ha | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 222 ha | +353.1% |
| 1986 | 604 ha | +172.1% |
| 1987 | 11,866 ha | +1864.6% |
| 1988 | 19,921 ha | +67.9% |
| 1989 | 21,297 ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 22,229 ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 24,482 ha | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 31,469 ha | +28.5% |
| 1993 | 35,740 ha | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 39,294 ha | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 28,550 ha | -27.3% |
| 1996 | 18,983 ha | -33.5% |
| 1997 | 19,954 ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 22,096 ha | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 24,249 ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 22,336 ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 20,329 ha | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 21,381 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 25,748 ha | +20.4% |
| 2004 | 28,988 ha | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 30,179 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 34,621 ha | +14.7% |
| 2007 | 26,446 ha | -23.6% |
| 2008 | 26,787 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 25,870 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 25,411 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 26,049 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 23,362 ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 21,808 ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 20,540 ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 19,061 ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 18,189 ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 22,018 ha | +21.1% |
| 2018 | 21,500 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 21,250 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 23,480 ha | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 24,680 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 24,290 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 24,070 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 22,440 ha | -6.8% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 22,440 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Austria's 22,440 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10,400 ha, 2.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Austria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +1864.6% | 604 ha | 11,866 ha |
| 1985 | +353.1% | 49 ha | 222 ha |
| 1979 | +248.9% | 474 ha | 1,654 ha |
| 1963 | +235.7% | 510 ha | 1,712 ha |
| 1986 | +172.1% | 222 ha | 604 ha |
| 1975 | +102.2% | 93 ha | 188 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,404 ha | 510 ha | 2,101 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 491.7 ha | 91 ha | 1,654 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,501 ha | 41 ha | 21,297 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,705 ha | 18,983 ha | 39,294 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,268 ha | 20,329 ha | 34,621 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,919 ha | 18,189 ha | 26,049 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,792 ha | 22,440 ha | 24,680 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 33 South Sudan 30,192 ha compare
- 34 Canada 23,800 ha compare
- 35 Morocco 23,520 ha compare
- 37 Australia 21,111 ha compare
- 37 Australia and New Zealand 21,111 ha compare
- 39 Mozambique 20,957 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Austria?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Austria was 22,440 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 39,294 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 41 ha in 1983.
- How does Austria rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Austria ranks 36th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Austria 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.