Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 63 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Namibia stood at 63 ha.
The figure is down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 2,100 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Namibia ranks 78th of 90 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 563 ha | 0 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 630.3 ha | 135 ha | 1,849 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 114.9 ha | 81 ha | 148 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.2 ha | 57 ha | 77 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63 ha | 63 ha | 63 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 75 Algeria 196 ha compare
- 76 Iraq 164 ha compare
- 77 Ecuador 129 ha compare
- 79 Ireland 30 ha compare
- 80 Bhutan 3 ha compare
- 81 China, Taiwan Province of 0 ha compare
- 81 Colombia 0 ha compare
- 81 Cyprus 0 ha compare
- 81 Denmark 0 ha compare
- 81 Estonia 0 ha compare
- 81 Jordan 0 ha compare
- 81 Latvia 0 ha compare
- 81 Lebanon 0 ha compare
- 81 Malta 0 ha compare
- 81 Palestine 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.99 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 8,862 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Namibia?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Namibia was 63 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,100 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 78th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia 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.