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 72nd of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 930 ha | — |
| 1987 | 2,100 ha | +125.8% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1989 | 1,100 ha | -26.7% |
| 1990 | 1,101 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 320 ha | -70.9% |
| 1992 | 599 ha | +87.2% |
| 1993 | 1,231 ha | +105.5% |
| 1994 | 1,849 ha | +50.2% |
| 1995 | 561 ha | -69.7% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | -64.3% |
| 1997 | 135 ha | -32.5% |
| 1998 | 150 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 157 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 148 ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 108 ha | -27.0% |
| 2002 | 130 ha | +20.4% |
| 2003 | 108 ha | -16.9% |
| 2004 | 130 ha | +20.4% |
| 2005 | 81 ha | -37.7% |
| 2006 | 135 ha | +66.7% |
| 2007 | 108 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 114 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 87 ha | -23.7% |
| 2010 | 77 ha | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 73 ha | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 73 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 73 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 64 ha | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 57 ha | -10.9% |
| 2016 | 65 ha | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 64 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 62 ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 64 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 63 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 63 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,923 ha, 1% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 63 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,569 ha, 0% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +125.8% | 930 ha | 2,100 ha |
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
- 69 Algeria 196 ha compare
- 70 Iraq 164 ha compare
- 71 Ecuador 129 ha compare
- 73 Ireland 30 ha compare
- 74 Bhutan 3 ha compare
- 75 China, Taiwan Province of 0 ha compare
- 75 Colombia 0 ha compare
- 75 Cyprus 0 ha
- 75 Denmark 0 ha
- 75 Estonia 0 ha
- 75 Jordan 0 ha compare
- 75 Latvia 0 ha
- 75 Lebanon 0 ha compare
- 75 Malta 0 ha
- 75 Palestine 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (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 72nd out of 84 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.