Sunflower seed — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 4.79 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 4.79 million ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 4.93 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 820,862 ha, in 1961.
European Union (27) ranks 4th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 820,862 ha | — |
| 1962 | 851,085 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 885,930 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 850,084 ha | -4.0% |
| 1965 | 852,904 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 873,747 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 876,143 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 934,957 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 996,520 ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 1.18 million ha | +18.2% |
| 1971 | 1.29 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1972 | 1.34 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 1.34 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 1.39 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 1.80 million ha | +29.4% |
| 1976 | 1.51 million ha | -16.1% |
| 1977 | 1.52 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 1.56 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 1.74 million ha | +12.1% |
| 1980 | 1.86 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 2.03 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 2.26 million ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 2.50 million ha | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 2.73 million ha | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 2.90 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 3.23 million ha | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 3.49 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 3.27 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 3.17 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 3.72 million ha | +17.2% |
| 1991 | 3.56 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 4.30 million ha | +20.9% |
| 1993 | 4.83 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 4.56 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 4.39 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 4.43 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 4.01 million ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 4.26 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 4.34 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 3.67 million ha | -15.5% |
| 2001 | 3.50 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 3.50 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4.28 million ha | +22.1% |
| 2004 | 3.74 million ha | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 3.65 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 3.96 million ha | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 3.30 million ha | -16.6% |
| 2008 | 3.78 million ha | +14.7% |
| 2009 | 3.91 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 3.77 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 4.34 million ha | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 4.29 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 4.58 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 4.25 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 4.18 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 4.12 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 4.30 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 4.03 million ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 4.34 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2020 | 4.40 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 4.37 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 4.93 million ha | +12.9% |
| 2023 | 4.69 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 4.79 million ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 882,470 ha | 820,862 ha | 996,520 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.47 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 1.80 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.74 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 3.49 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.24 million ha | 3.56 million ha | 4.83 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.73 million ha | 3.30 million ha | 4.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.22 million ha | 3.77 million ha | 4.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.64 million ha | 4.37 million ha | 4.93 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in European Union (27) was 4.79 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.93 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 820,862 ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.