Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 18.24 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Europe stood at 18.24 million ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Europe peaked at 19.42 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.94 million ha, in 1975.
That places Eastern Europe 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.02 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 5.22 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 5.24 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 5.42 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 5.70 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 5.82 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 5.60 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 5.74 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 5.68 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 5.75 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 5.43 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 5.33 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 5.62 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 5.57 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 4.94 million ha | -11.3% |
| 1976 | 5.44 million ha | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 5.47 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 5.46 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 5.31 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 5.38 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 5.32 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 5.34 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 5.33 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 4.98 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 5.15 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 4.98 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 5.30 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 5.38 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 5.52 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 5.71 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 5.69 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 6.23 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 6.17 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 6.54 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 8.16 million ha | +24.7% |
| 1996 | 8.10 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 7.20 million ha | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 8.21 million ha | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 10.27 million ha | +25.1% |
| 2000 | 9.18 million ha | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 7.66 million ha | -16.6% |
| 2002 | 8.60 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2003 | 11.56 million ha | +34.4% |
| 2004 | 10.55 million ha | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 11.62 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 12.58 million ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 10.61 million ha | -15.7% |
| 2008 | 12.68 million ha | +19.5% |
| 2009 | 12.12 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 12.49 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 14.65 million ha | +17.4% |
| 2012 | 14.13 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 14.83 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 14.50 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 14.56 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 16.33 million ha | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 16.39 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 16.99 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 17.46 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 17.90 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 19.42 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 17.67 million ha | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 18.22 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 18.24 million ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Eastern Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +34.4% | 8.60 million ha | 11.56 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.49 million ha | 5.02 million ha | 5.82 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.43 million ha | 4.94 million ha | 5.75 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.27 million ha | 4.98 million ha | 5.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.23 million ha | 5.69 million ha | 10.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.72 million ha | 7.66 million ha | 12.68 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.23 million ha | 12.49 million ha | 17.46 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.29 million ha | 17.67 million ha | 19.42 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
- 1 Russian Federation 9.85 million ha compare
- 2 Ukraine 5.03 million ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 1.10 million ha compare
- 3 USSR 4.49 million ha compare
- 4 Argentina 1.84 million ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 971,032 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Europe
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -8.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -2.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 4.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -3.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.646 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -5.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Europe?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Europe was 18.24 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 19.42 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.94 million ha in 1975.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.