Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 674,130 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 674,130 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 694,543 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 77,694 ha, in 1968.
Hungary ranks 12th of 84 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Hungary, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 128,244 ha | — |
| 1962 | 123,647 ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 120,529 ha | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 107,775 ha | -10.6% |
| 1965 | 95,207 ha | -11.7% |
| 1966 | 94,437 ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 82,554 ha | -12.6% |
| 1968 | 77,694 ha | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 85,310 ha | +9.8% |
| 1970 | 91,283 ha | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 118,495 ha | +29.8% |
| 1972 | 108,229 ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 102,975 ha | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 112,972 ha | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 143,503 ha | +27.0% |
| 1976 | 153,704 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 138,278 ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 151,258 ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 227,974 ha | +50.7% |
| 1980 | 272,919 ha | +19.7% |
| 1981 | 302,075 ha | +10.7% |
| 1982 | 296,518 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 287,430 ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 317,114 ha | +10.3% |
| 1985 | 342,982 ha | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 390,901 ha | +14.0% |
| 1987 | 380,427 ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 366,925 ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 359,050 ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 346,857 ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 392,616 ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 429,631 ha | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 389,424 ha | -9.4% |
| 1994 | 416,129 ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 491,295 ha | +18.1% |
| 1996 | 473,043 ha | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 440,012 ha | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 426,968 ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 521,272 ha | +22.1% |
| 2000 | 298,795 ha | -42.7% |
| 2001 | 320,019 ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 418,020 ha | +30.6% |
| 2003 | 511,191 ha | +22.3% |
| 2004 | 479,768 ha | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 511,144 ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 534,156 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 512,871 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 549,804 ha | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 535,090 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 501,507 ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 579,548 ha | +15.6% |
| 2012 | 615,100 ha | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 596,890 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 593,730 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 611,638 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 629,675 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 694,543 ha | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 616,950 ha | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 564,110 ha | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 612,570 ha | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 654,690 ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 679,600 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 674,200 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 674,130 ha | -0.0% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 674,130 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 39.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 674,130 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10,400 ha, 64.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,711 ha | 77,694 ha | 128,244 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 134,867 ha | 91,283 ha | 227,974 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 331,634 ha | 272,919 ha | 390,901 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 432,725 ha | 346,857 ha | 521,272 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 467,086 ha | 298,795 ha | 549,804 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 600,369 ha | 501,507 ha | 694,543 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 659,038 ha | 612,570 ha | 679,600 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
- 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
- 13 South Africa 529,000 ha compare
- 14 Uganda 280,000 ha compare
- 15 Serbia 248,607 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Hungary?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Hungary was 674,130 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 694,543 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 77,694 ha in 1968.
- How does Hungary rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 12th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Hungary 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.