Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 5,821 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Central America, 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 Central America is 5,821 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 33.0% on the previous year and down 60.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Central America peaked at 50,776 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 24th of 25 groups 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 Central America, 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 50,776 ha | — |
| 1972 | 16,300 ha | -67.9% |
| 1973 | 6,231 ha | -61.8% |
| 1974 | 2,870 ha | -53.9% |
| 1975 | 1,745 ha | -39.2% |
| 1976 | 2,533 ha | +45.2% |
| 1977 | 3,389 ha | +33.8% |
| 1978 | 11,276 ha | +232.7% |
| 1979 | 7,173 ha | -36.4% |
| 1980 | 5,344 ha | -25.5% |
| 1981 | 2,529 ha | -52.7% |
| 1982 | 23,205 ha | +817.6% |
| 1983 | 6,377 ha | -72.5% |
| 1984 | 5,169 ha | -18.9% |
| 1985 | 14,917 ha | +188.6% |
| 1986 | 10,127 ha | -32.1% |
| 1987 | 11,133 ha | +9.9% |
| 1988 | 16,495 ha | +48.2% |
| 1989 | 2,871 ha | -82.6% |
| 1990 | 697 ha | -75.7% |
| 1991 | 156 ha | -77.6% |
| 1992 | 273 ha | +75.0% |
| 1993 | 2,910 ha | +965.9% |
| 1994 | 585 ha | -79.9% |
| 1995 | 212 ha | -63.8% |
| 1996 | 344 ha | +62.3% |
| 1997 | 2,424 ha | +604.7% |
| 1998 | 809 ha | -66.6% |
| 1999 | 1,199 ha | +48.2% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | -91.7% |
| 2001 | 185 ha | +85.0% |
| 2002 | 56 ha | -69.7% |
| 2003 | 124 ha | +121.4% |
| 2004 | 90 ha | -27.4% |
| 2005 | 22 ha | -75.6% |
| 2006 | 175 ha | +695.5% |
| 2007 | 3 ha | -98.3% |
| 2008 | 4 ha | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 216 ha | +5300.0% |
| 2010 | 1,878 ha | +769.4% |
| 2011 | 1,850 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,280 ha | -30.8% |
| 2013 | 3,610 ha | +182.0% |
| 2014 | 14,729 ha | +308.0% |
| 2015 | 15,336 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 8,531 ha | -44.4% |
| 2017 | 7,083 ha | -17.0% |
| 2018 | 6,826 ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 2,779 ha | -59.3% |
| 2020 | 6,422 ha | +131.1% |
| 2021 | 5,697 ha | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 2,580 ha | -54.7% |
| 2023 | 4,377 ha | +69.7% |
| 2024 | 5,821 ha | +33.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Central America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +5300.0% | 4 ha | 216 ha |
| 1993 | +965.9% | 273 ha | 2,910 ha |
| 1982 | +817.6% | 2,529 ha | 23,205 ha |
| 2010 | +769.4% | 216 ha | 1,878 ha |
| 2006 | +695.5% | 22 ha | 175 ha |
| 1997 | +604.7% | 344 ha | 2,424 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,229 ha | 0 ha | 50,776 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,817 ha | 2,529 ha | 23,205 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 960.9 ha | 156 ha | 2,910 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 97.5 ha | 3 ha | 216 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,390 ha | 1,280 ha | 15,336 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,979 ha | 2,580 ha | 6,422 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Central America?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Central America was 5,821 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 50,776 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 24th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.