Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Central Asia
Central Asia: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 1.27 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Central Asia stood at 1.27 million ha. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.5% on the previous year and up 54.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Central Asia peaked at 1.27 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 214,675 ha, in 1997.
That places Central Asia 12th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 268,294 ha | — |
| 1993 | 255,044 ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 267,101 ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 335,832 ha | +25.7% |
| 1996 | 314,295 ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 214,675 ha | -31.7% |
| 1998 | 232,331 ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 260,656 ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 308,159 ha | +18.2% |
| 2001 | 300,273 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 386,780 ha | +28.8% |
| 2003 | 501,530 ha | +29.7% |
| 2004 | 517,894 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 492,502 ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 521,057 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 413,733 ha | -20.6% |
| 2008 | 511,450 ha | +23.6% |
| 2009 | 714,539 ha | +39.7% |
| 2010 | 808,303 ha | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 936,642 ha | +15.9% |
| 2012 | 740,169 ha | -21.0% |
| 2013 | 874,750 ha | +18.2% |
| 2014 | 823,030 ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 747,488 ha | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 846,980 ha | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 915,039 ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 877,063 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 841,264 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 772,517 ha | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 961,760 ha | +24.5% |
| 2022 | 1.11 million ha | +15.2% |
| 2023 | 1.14 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 1.27 million ha | +11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 268,528 ha | 214,675 ha | 335,832 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 466,792 ha | 300,273 ha | 714,539 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 841,073 ha | 740,169 ha | 936,642 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 million ha | 772,517 ha | 1.27 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Central Asia?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Central Asia was 1.27 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 214,675 ha in 1997.
- How does Central Asia rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Central Asia ranks 12th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.