Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 23,520 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Morocco, 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 Morocco is 23,520 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 229,800 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1961.
Morocco ranks 35th of 84 countries on this measure, 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 10,300 ha | +212.1% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 5,700 ha | -36.7% |
| 1968 | 8,432 ha | +47.9% |
| 1969 | 17,000 ha | +101.6% |
| 1970 | 24,000 ha | +41.2% |
| 1971 | 14,500 ha | -39.6% |
| 1972 | 36,800 ha | +153.8% |
| 1973 | 20,500 ha | -44.3% |
| 1974 | 18,400 ha | -10.2% |
| 1975 | 23,300 ha | +26.6% |
| 1976 | 22,800 ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 49,100 ha | +115.4% |
| 1978 | 15,600 ha | -68.2% |
| 1979 | 34,270 ha | +119.7% |
| 1980 | 7,900 ha | -76.9% |
| 1981 | 14,870 ha | +88.2% |
| 1982 | 12,100 ha | -18.6% |
| 1983 | 19,600 ha | +62.0% |
| 1984 | 29,300 ha | +49.5% |
| 1985 | 34,700 ha | +18.4% |
| 1986 | 48,500 ha | +39.8% |
| 1987 | 88,500 ha | +82.5% |
| 1988 | 108,200 ha | +22.3% |
| 1989 | 112,400 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 160,800 ha | +43.1% |
| 1991 | 137,700 ha | -14.4% |
| 1992 | 196,300 ha | +42.6% |
| 1993 | 229,800 ha | +17.1% |
| 1994 | 67,700 ha | -70.5% |
| 1995 | 63,200 ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 95,700 ha | +51.4% |
| 1997 | 99,400 ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 101,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 78,800 ha | -22.4% |
| 2000 | 39,900 ha | -49.4% |
| 2001 | 56,400 ha | +41.4% |
| 2002 | 49,800 ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 103,500 ha | +107.8% |
| 2004 | 62,600 ha | -39.5% |
| 2005 | 52,000 ha | -16.9% |
| 2006 | 32,600 ha | -37.3% |
| 2007 | 36,100 ha | +10.7% |
| 2008 | 25,500 ha | -29.4% |
| 2009 | 43,000 ha | +68.6% |
| 2010 | 62,000 ha | +44.2% |
| 2011 | 36,570 ha | -41.0% |
| 2012 | 11,670 ha | -68.1% |
| 2013 | 17,006 ha | +45.7% |
| 2014 | 20,898 ha | +22.9% |
| 2015 | 36,941 ha | +76.8% |
| 2016 | 37,943 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 18,918 ha | -50.1% |
| 2018 | 21,708 ha | +14.7% |
| 2019 | 22,207 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 18,513 ha | -16.6% |
| 2021 | 16,286 ha | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 26,551 ha | +63.0% |
| 2023 | 24,805 ha | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 23,520 ha | -5.2% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 23,520 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,923 ha, 2.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 23,520 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 525.5 ha, 44.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,526 ha | 3,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,927 ha | 14,500 ha | 49,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,607 ha | 7,900 ha | 112,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 123,090 ha | 63,200 ha | 229,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,140 ha | 25,500 ha | 103,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,586 ha | 11,670 ha | 62,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,935 ha | 16,286 ha | 26,551 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Morocco?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Morocco was 23,520 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 229,800 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 35th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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.