Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 1.24 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 1.24 million ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.3% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Romania peaked at 1.28 million ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 394,751 ha, in 1990.
Romania ranks 6th of 84 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 439,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 427,500 ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 464,200 ha | +8.6% |
| 1964 | 467,400 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 461,966 ha | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 467,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 480,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 520,394 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 532,696 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 604,057 ha | +13.4% |
| 1971 | 548,400 ha | -9.2% |
| 1972 | 553,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 511,700 ha | -7.6% |
| 1974 | 508,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 511,109 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 521,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 513,406 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 511,755 ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 518,696 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 507,645 ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 505,669 ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 495,570 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 489,524 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 480,116 ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 465,800 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 460,800 ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 474,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 465,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 433,700 ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 394,751 ha | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 476,848 ha | +20.8% |
| 1992 | 615,050 ha | +29.0% |
| 1993 | 588,367 ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 582,534 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 714,793 ha | +22.7% |
| 1996 | 916,784 ha | +28.3% |
| 1997 | 762,775 ha | -16.8% |
| 1998 | 948,460 ha | +24.3% |
| 1999 | 1.03 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 822,150 ha | -20.4% |
| 2001 | 789,770 ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 860,146 ha | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 1.15 million ha | +34.1% |
| 2004 | 925,634 ha | -19.7% |
| 2005 | 957,119 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 981,856 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 748,545 ha | -23.8% |
| 2008 | 808,791 ha | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 761,093 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 786,058 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 993,258 ha | +26.4% |
| 2012 | 1.06 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 1.07 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 998,043 ha | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 1.01 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.04 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 999,162 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 1.01 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.28 million ha | +27.4% |
| 2020 | 1.14 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 1.12 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.09 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 1.08 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.24 million ha | +15.3% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 1.24 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 73.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Romania's 1.24 million ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10,400 ha, 119.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +34.1% | 860,146 ha | 1.15 million ha |
| 1992 | +29.0% | 476,848 ha | 615,050 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 473,551 ha | 427,500 ha | 532,696 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 530,292 ha | 508,800 ha | 604,057 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 477,882 ha | 433,700 ha | 507,645 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 703,342 ha | 394,751 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 880,844 ha | 748,545 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million ha | 786,058 ha | 1.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 1.10 million ha compare
- 3 USSR 4.49 million ha compare
- 4 Argentina 1.84 million ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 971,032 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 1.26 million ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 416,859 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 178,689 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
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Romania?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Romania was 1.24 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 394,751 ha in 1990.
- How does Romania rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 6th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.