Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 110,400 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — area harvested in Italy is 110,400 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.8% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Italy peaked at 247,714 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 748 ha, in 1968.
That places Italy 21st out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,025 ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 2,567 ha | -15.1% |
| 1964 | 1,844 ha | -28.2% |
| 1965 | 1,483 ha | -19.6% |
| 1966 | 1,237 ha | -16.6% |
| 1967 | 1,230 ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 748 ha | -39.2% |
| 1969 | 1,783 ha | +138.4% |
| 1970 | 3,977 ha | +123.1% |
| 1971 | 7,465 ha | +87.7% |
| 1972 | 9,452 ha | +26.6% |
| 1973 | 14,239 ha | +50.6% |
| 1974 | 17,564 ha | +23.4% |
| 1975 | 25,431 ha | +44.8% |
| 1976 | 25,435 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 31,020 ha | +22.0% |
| 1978 | 23,110 ha | -25.5% |
| 1979 | 25,829 ha | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 31,753 ha | +22.9% |
| 1981 | 42,756 ha | +34.7% |
| 1982 | 53,899 ha | +26.1% |
| 1983 | 72,353 ha | +34.2% |
| 1984 | 85,158 ha | +17.7% |
| 1985 | 97,474 ha | +14.5% |
| 1986 | 160,000 ha | +64.1% |
| 1987 | 170,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 160,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 135,460 ha | -15.3% |
| 1990 | 172,773 ha | +27.5% |
| 1991 | 132,463 ha | -23.3% |
| 1992 | 116,446 ha | -12.1% |
| 1993 | 124,107 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 235,498 ha | +89.8% |
| 1995 | 230,402 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 247,714 ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 229,948 ha | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 232,690 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 207,000 ha | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 217,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 209,809 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 167,108 ha | -20.4% |
| 2003 | 150,781 ha | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 123,997 ha | -17.8% |
| 2005 | 129,874 ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 144,566 ha | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 126,257 ha | -12.7% |
| 2008 | 114,482 ha | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 123,800 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 100,500 ha | -18.8% |
| 2011 | 118,067 ha | +17.5% |
| 2012 | 111,678 ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 127,628 ha | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 111,350 ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 114,449 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 110,716 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 114,446 ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 103,870 ha | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 118,520 ha | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 122,770 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 116,990 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 110,820 ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 122,460 ha | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 110,400 ha | -9.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 110,400 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 6.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Italy's 110,400 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10,400 ha, 10.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +138.4% | 748 ha | 1,783 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,899 ha | 748 ha | 3,170 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,352 ha | 3,977 ha | 31,020 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 100,885 ha | 31,753 ha | 170,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 192,904 ha | 116,446 ha | 247,714 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 150,767 ha | 114,482 ha | 217,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 113,122 ha | 100,500 ha | 127,628 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 116,688 ha | 110,400 ha | 122,770 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Italy?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Italy was 110,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 247,714 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 748 ha in 1968.
- How does Italy rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 21st out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.