Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 780,219 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 780,219 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 1.47 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 49,000 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 13th of 25 groups 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.
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 | 948,488 ha | 716,020 ha | 1.47 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 807,664 ha | 689,341 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 Eastern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.38 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.10 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 62.75 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 207.44 million An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 283.96 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Asia 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 13th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern 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.