Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 1.64 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 1.64 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 1.64 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 50,062 ha, in 1964.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 10th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,649 ha | — |
| 1962 | 52,393 ha | -7.5% |
| 1963 | 56,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 50,062 ha | -10.6% |
| 1965 | 58,638 ha | +17.1% |
| 1966 | 54,568 ha | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 55,050 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 60,605 ha | +10.1% |
| 1969 | 66,130 ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 68,081 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 58,991 ha | -13.4% |
| 1972 | 67,160 ha | +13.8% |
| 1973 | 82,776 ha | +23.3% |
| 1974 | 103,091 ha | +24.5% |
| 1975 | 128,293 ha | +24.4% |
| 1976 | 147,065 ha | +14.6% |
| 1977 | 179,611 ha | +22.1% |
| 1978 | 212,570 ha | +18.4% |
| 1979 | 161,008 ha | -24.3% |
| 1980 | 167,550 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 167,108 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 174,984 ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 151,127 ha | -13.6% |
| 1984 | 180,724 ha | +19.6% |
| 1985 | 180,743 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 255,929 ha | +41.6% |
| 1987 | 319,161 ha | +24.7% |
| 1988 | 394,520 ha | +23.6% |
| 1989 | 317,777 ha | -19.5% |
| 1990 | 402,451 ha | +26.6% |
| 1991 | 360,372 ha | -10.5% |
| 1992 | 395,993 ha | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 395,198 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 392,580 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 329,425 ha | -16.1% |
| 1996 | 328,864 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 332,911 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 355,856 ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 414,696 ha | +16.5% |
| 2000 | 407,894 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 463,397 ha | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 551,003 ha | +18.9% |
| 2003 | 611,693 ha | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 624,365 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 654,506 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 733,765 ha | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 779,766 ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 850,237 ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 1.07 million ha | +25.9% |
| 2010 | 844,581 ha | -21.1% |
| 2011 | 1.21 million ha | +43.5% |
| 2012 | 1.33 million ha | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 1.30 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 1.28 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.32 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 1.42 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 1.54 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 1.58 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 1.60 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.63 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 1.60 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 1.61 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.64 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 1.64 million ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,677 ha | 50,062 ha | 66,130 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 120,865 ha | 58,991 ha | 212,570 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 230,962 ha | 151,127 ha | 394,520 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 370,835 ha | 328,864 ha | 414,696 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 674,679 ha | 407,894 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 million ha | 844,581 ha | 1.60 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.63 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 7 Bulgaria 929,150 ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 63,000 ha compare
- 8 China 780,219 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 780,219 ha compare
- 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
- 12 Hungary 674,130 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 529,000 ha compare
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3601 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 4.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.9081 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.51 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 1.64 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.64 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,062 ha in 1964.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 10th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.