Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 2.10 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 2.10 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 2.35 million ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 61,833 ha, in 1962.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 9th of 25 groups 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 64,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 61,833 ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 70,758 ha | +14.4% |
| 1964 | 65,494 ha | -7.4% |
| 1965 | 73,727 ha | +12.6% |
| 1966 | 70,663 ha | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 67,731 ha | -4.1% |
| 1968 | 75,475 ha | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 90,718 ha | +20.2% |
| 1970 | 100,612 ha | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 87,960 ha | -12.6% |
| 1972 | 121,235 ha | +37.8% |
| 1973 | 129,097 ha | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 154,545 ha | +19.7% |
| 1975 | 179,831 ha | +16.4% |
| 1976 | 190,032 ha | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 259,715 ha | +36.7% |
| 1978 | 282,355 ha | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 275,724 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 231,177 ha | -16.2% |
| 1981 | 282,739 ha | +22.3% |
| 1982 | 329,522 ha | +16.5% |
| 1983 | 330,432 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 397,795 ha | +20.4% |
| 1985 | 430,855 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 567,767 ha | +31.8% |
| 1987 | 665,908 ha | +17.3% |
| 1988 | 819,363 ha | +23.0% |
| 1989 | 723,874 ha | -11.7% |
| 1990 | 811,855 ha | +12.2% |
| 1991 | 656,277 ha | -19.2% |
| 1992 | 777,016 ha | +18.4% |
| 1993 | 804,581 ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 568,375 ha | -29.4% |
| 1995 | 656,919 ha | +15.6% |
| 1996 | 755,665 ha | +15.0% |
| 1997 | 644,780 ha | -14.7% |
| 1998 | 669,901 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 951,024 ha | +42.0% |
| 2000 | 1.03 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 1.04 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.12 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 1.30 million ha | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 1.41 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 1.45 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1.71 million ha | +17.9% |
| 2007 | 1.65 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 2.13 million ha | +29.3% |
| 2009 | 2.35 million ha | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 2.11 million ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 2.15 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 2.18 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2.10 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 1.98 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 2.00 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 2.07 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 2.01 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 2.05 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 2.03 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 2.08 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 2.06 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 2.09 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 2.14 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 2.10 million ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,255 ha | 61,833 ha | 90,718 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 178,111 ha | 87,960 ha | 282,355 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 477,943 ha | 231,177 ha | 819,363 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 729,639 ha | 568,375 ha | 951,024 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.52 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 2.35 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.07 million ha | 1.98 million ha | 2.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.09 million ha | 2.06 million ha | 2.14 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 178,689 ha compare
- 6 Romania 1.24 million ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 2.10 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.35 million ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,833 ha in 1962.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 9th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.