Sunflower seed — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 780,219 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 780,219 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 1.47 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 49,000 ha, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 8th of 84 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 53,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 1963 | 53,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 53,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 53,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 76,000 ha | +43.4% |
| 1967 | 80,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 84,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 80,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 79,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 81,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 82,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 95,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 1976 | 115,000 ha | +21.1% |
| 1977 | 172,000 ha | +49.6% |
| 1978 | 320,000 ha | +86.0% |
| 1979 | 367,500 ha | +14.8% |
| 1980 | 843,000 ha | +129.4% |
| 1981 | 1.04 million ha | +23.4% |
| 1982 | 841,000 ha | -19.1% |
| 1983 | 732,800 ha | -12.9% |
| 1984 | 1.01 million ha | +38.2% |
| 1985 | 1.47 million ha | +45.5% |
| 1986 | 1.11 million ha | -24.9% |
| 1987 | 887,000 ha | -19.9% |
| 1988 | 830,000 ha | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 716,000 ha | -13.7% |
| 1990 | 712,667 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 790,533 ha | +10.9% |
| 1992 | 806,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 723,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1994 | 804,880 ha | +11.3% |
| 1995 | 813,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 689,340 ha | -15.2% |
| 1997 | 715,780 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 889,810 ha | +24.3% |
| 1999 | 1.13 million ha | +27.1% |
| 2000 | 1.23 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 1.02 million ha | -17.4% |
| 2002 | 1.13 million ha | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 1.17 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 934,900 ha | -20.3% |
| 2005 | 1.02 million ha | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 987,800 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 719,200 ha | -27.2% |
| 2008 | 964,290 ha | +34.1% |
| 2009 | 958,730 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 984,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 940,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 888,510 ha | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 923,390 ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 948,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 1.04 million ha | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 973,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 1.17 million ha | +20.3% |
| 2018 | 921,350 ha | -21.3% |
| 2019 | 915,290 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 872,650 ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 703,610 ha | -19.4% |
| 2022 | 623,210 ha | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 756,084 ha | +21.3% |
| 2024 | 780,219 ha | +3.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in China, mainland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +129.4% | 367,500 ha | 843,000 ha |
| 1978 | +86.0% | 172,000 ha | 320,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,556 ha | 49,000 ha | 84,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 147,150 ha | 79,000 ha | 367,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 948,367 ha | 716,000 ha | 1.47 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 807,661 ha | 689,340 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 million ha | 719,200 ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 970,129 ha | 888,510 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 747,155 ha | 623,210 ha | 872,650 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 5 Kazakhstan 1.26 million ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 416,859 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 178,689 ha compare
- 6 Romania 1.24 million ha compare
- 7 Bulgaria 929,150 ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 63,000 ha compare
- 8 China 780,219 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12,539 ha compare
- 10 Spain 754,430 ha compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 6,756 ha compare
- 11 France 753,680 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in China, mainland was 780,219 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,000 ha in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 8th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.