Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 62,636 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 62,636 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 17.4% on the previous year and down 59.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 397,306 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 37 ha, in 1978.
Pakistan ranks 26th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 400 ha | 300 ha | 550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 576.9 ha | 37 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,632 ha | 592 ha | 43,112 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,834 ha | 25,899 ha | 144,191 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 223,099 ha | 58,998 ha | 397,306 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,116 ha | 82,667 ha | 300,614 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,926 ha | 53,404 ha | 101,080 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 23 Greece 87,880 ha compare
- 24 Sudan (former) 86,520 ha compare
- 25 Slovak Republic 64,660 ha compare
- 27 Croatia, Republic of 60,810 ha compare
- 28 Brazil 59,694 ha compare
- 29 Czechoslovakia 54,950 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture share gdp 23.02 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.02 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
- Rural population 60.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 154.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 93.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 311,166 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Pakistan was 62,636 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 397,306 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 37 ha in 1978.
- How does Pakistan rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 26th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.