Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 59,694 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 59,694 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 11.0% on the previous year and down 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 115,617 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 28th 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 Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | +366.7% |
| 1970 | 12,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 1971 | 17,000 ha | +41.7% |
| 1972 | 22,000 ha | +29.4% |
| 1973 | 19,000 ha | -13.6% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | -36.8% |
| 1975 | 8,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +233.3% |
| 1980 | 50,000 ha | +150.0% |
| 1981 | 43,000 ha | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 42,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 32,000 ha | -23.8% |
| 1984 | 30,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 27,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 26,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 24,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 22,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,000 ha | -76.2% |
| 1995 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 19,000 ha | +375.0% |
| 1997 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 50,000 ha | +127.3% |
| 2000 | 58,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 2001 | 53,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 43,000 ha | -18.9% |
| 2003 | 52,000 ha | +20.9% |
| 2004 | 42,000 ha | -19.2% |
| 2005 | 69,000 ha | +64.3% |
| 2006 | 67,829 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 72,548 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 114,375 ha | +57.7% |
| 2009 | 81,267 ha | -28.9% |
| 2010 | 76,492 ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 62,535 ha | -18.2% |
| 2012 | 77,928 ha | +24.6% |
| 2013 | 69,070 ha | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 115,617 ha | +67.4% |
| 2015 | 111,803 ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 61,167 ha | -45.3% |
| 2017 | 60,179 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 84,582 ha | +40.6% |
| 2019 | 81,551 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 49,001 ha | -39.9% |
| 2021 | 41,895 ha | -14.5% |
| 2022 | 36,898 ha | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 53,757 ha | +45.7% |
| 2024 | 59,694 ha | +11.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 59,694 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,918 ha, 10.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 59,694 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,910 ha, 12.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +375.0% | 4,000 ha | 19,000 ha |
| 1969 | +366.7% | 1,500 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 1979 | +233.3% | 6,000 ha | 20,000 ha |
| 1980 | +150.0% | 20,000 ha | 50,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 944.44 ha | 0 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,400 ha | 4,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,900 ha | 22,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,500 ha | 4,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,302 ha | 42,000 ha | 114,375 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,092 ha | 60,179 ha | 115,617 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,249 ha | 36,898 ha | 59,694 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Brazil?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Brazil was 59,694 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 115,617 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 28th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.