Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 38,140 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Egypt stood at 38,140 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.1% on the previous year and up 443.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 38,140 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 31st of 84 countries 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.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Egypt, 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 | 420 ha | — |
| 1972 | 2,100 ha | +400.0% |
| 1973 | 1,680 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 9,242 ha | +450.1% |
| 1975 | 7,981 ha | -13.6% |
| 1976 | 8,453 ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 7,301 ha | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 4,005 ha | -45.1% |
| 1979 | 7,442 ha | +85.8% |
| 1980 | 4,944 ha | -33.6% |
| 1981 | 5,294 ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 6,708 ha | +26.7% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 6,800 ha | +13.3% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,200 ha | -11.4% |
| 1988 | 15,191 ha | +145.0% |
| 1989 | 11,143 ha | -26.6% |
| 1990 | 14,612 ha | +31.1% |
| 1991 | 17,690 ha | +21.1% |
| 1992 | 21,888 ha | +23.7% |
| 1993 | 30,661 ha | +40.1% |
| 1994 | 23,601 ha | -23.0% |
| 1995 | 29,556 ha | +25.2% |
| 1996 | 21,379 ha | -27.7% |
| 1997 | 11,562 ha | -45.9% |
| 1998 | 14,621 ha | +26.5% |
| 1999 | 18,924 ha | +29.4% |
| 2000 | 11,717 ha | -38.1% |
| 2001 | 19,360 ha | +65.2% |
| 2002 | 15,654 ha | -19.1% |
| 2003 | 14,250 ha | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 20,119 ha | +41.2% |
| 2005 | 14,760 ha | -26.6% |
| 2006 | 15,610 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 11,838 ha | -24.2% |
| 2008 | 8,442 ha | -28.7% |
| 2009 | 17,141 ha | +103.0% |
| 2010 | 15,611 ha | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 7,552 ha | -51.6% |
| 2012 | 7,472 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 6,376 ha | -14.7% |
| 2014 | 7,023 ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 6,649 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 6,406 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 6,925 ha | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 7,294 ha | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 7,820 ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 7,880 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 8,949 ha | +13.6% |
| 2022 | 23,717 ha | +165.0% |
| 2023 | 32,024 ha | +35.0% |
| 2024 | 38,140 ha | +19.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 38,140 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,923 ha, 3.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 38,140 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 525.5 ha, 72.6× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +450.1% | 1,680 ha | 9,242 ha |
| 1972 | +400.0% | 420 ha | 2,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,862 ha | 0 ha | 9,242 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,628 ha | 4,944 ha | 15,191 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,449 ha | 11,562 ha | 30,661 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,889 ha | 8,442 ha | 20,119 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,913 ha | 6,376 ha | 15,611 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,142 ha | 7,880 ha | 38,140 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Egypt?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Egypt was 38,140 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 38,140 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 31st out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 443.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt 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.