Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 1.26 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Kazakhstan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Kazakhstan stood at 1.26 million ha. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.5% on the previous year and up 63.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Kazakhstan peaked at 1.26 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 191,200 ha, in 1997.
Kazakhstan ranks 5th of 90 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 246,941 ha | 191,200 ha | 315,870 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 403,314 ha | 248,840 ha | 646,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 795,700 ha | 682,257 ha | 882,963 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 million ha | 749,903 ha | 1.26 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kazakhstan
- Agriculture share gdp 3.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 37.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 7.84 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 128.96 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Kazakhstan?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Kazakhstan was 1.26 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 191,200 ha in 1997.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Kazakhstan ranks 5th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.