Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 535,079 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 535,079 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.9% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 834,157 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 141,000 ha, in 1965.
Southern Africa ranks 17th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 191,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 155,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 1963 | 176,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 1964 | 161,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 1965 | 141,000 ha | -12.4% |
| 1966 | 176,300 ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 146,300 ha | -17.0% |
| 1968 | 161,400 ha | +10.3% |
| 1969 | 166,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 187,400 ha | +12.6% |
| 1971 | 186,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 193,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 347,500 ha | +79.6% |
| 1974 | 241,300 ha | -30.6% |
| 1975 | 241,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 289,500 ha | +20.1% |
| 1977 | 396,000 ha | +36.8% |
| 1978 | 553,000 ha | +39.6% |
| 1979 | 377,100 ha | -31.8% |
| 1980 | 299,700 ha | -20.5% |
| 1981 | 333,900 ha | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 271,940 ha | -18.6% |
| 1983 | 310,500 ha | +14.2% |
| 1984 | 344,300 ha | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 315,600 ha | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 328,330 ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 396,700 ha | +20.8% |
| 1988 | 478,100 ha | +20.5% |
| 1989 | 437,600 ha | -8.5% |
| 1990 | 556,601 ha | +27.2% |
| 1991 | 621,920 ha | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 475,099 ha | -23.6% |
| 1993 | 437,231 ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 413,840 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 541,552 ha | +30.9% |
| 1996 | 611,200 ha | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 468,135 ha | -23.4% |
| 1998 | 516,650 ha | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 834,157 ha | +61.5% |
| 2000 | 400,898 ha | -51.9% |
| 2001 | 528,003 ha | +31.7% |
| 2002 | 673,992 ha | +27.6% |
| 2003 | 612,558 ha | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 536,330 ha | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 466,507 ha | -13.0% |
| 2006 | 476,855 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 317,991 ha | -33.3% |
| 2008 | 572,838 ha | +80.1% |
| 2009 | 638,740 ha | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 403,401 ha | -36.8% |
| 2011 | 656,594 ha | +62.8% |
| 2012 | 458,341 ha | -30.2% |
| 2013 | 507,236 ha | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 600,286 ha | +18.3% |
| 2015 | 577,677 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 721,130 ha | +24.8% |
| 2017 | 636,109 ha | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 603,212 ha | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 515,861 ha | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 502,386 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 479,427 ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 672,846 ha | +40.3% |
| 2023 | 568,653 ha | -15.5% |
| 2024 | 535,079 ha | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,822 ha | 141,000 ha | 191,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 301,280 ha | 186,500 ha | 553,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 351,667 ha | 271,940 ha | 478,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 547,638 ha | 413,840 ha | 834,157 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 522,471 ha | 317,991 ha | 673,992 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 567,985 ha | 403,401 ha | 721,130 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 551,678 ha | 479,427 ha | 672,846 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Southern Africa was 535,079 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 834,157 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 141,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.