Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 284,418 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 284,418 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 19.3% on the previous year and down 65.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 2.80 million ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 8,930 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Asia 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,930 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,150 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 9,320 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 9,750 ha | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 10,150 ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 10,370 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 11,050 ha | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 18,100 ha | +63.8% |
| 1969 | 50,850 ha | +180.9% |
| 1970 | 195,900 ha | +285.3% |
| 1971 | 182,070 ha | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 178,930 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 316,776 ha | +77.0% |
| 1974 | 413,456 ha | +30.5% |
| 1975 | 386,569 ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 328,483 ha | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 317,389 ha | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 218,037 ha | -31.3% |
| 1979 | 103,579 ha | -52.5% |
| 1980 | 162,892 ha | +57.3% |
| 1981 | 337,926 ha | +107.5% |
| 1982 | 514,215 ha | +52.2% |
| 1983 | 748,626 ha | +45.6% |
| 1984 | 890,257 ha | +18.9% |
| 1985 | 806,007 ha | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 1.07 million ha | +33.1% |
| 1987 | 1.72 million ha | +59.9% |
| 1988 | 1.18 million ha | -31.1% |
| 1989 | 1.26 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 1.74 million ha | +38.8% |
| 1991 | 2.01 million ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 2.30 million ha | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 2.80 million ha | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 2.17 million ha | -22.3% |
| 1995 | 2.40 million ha | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 2.22 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 1.95 million ha | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 2.13 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 1.83 million ha | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 1.45 million ha | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 1.12 million ha | -23.0% |
| 2002 | 1.57 million ha | +39.9% |
| 2003 | 1.92 million ha | +22.5% |
| 2004 | 2.56 million ha | +33.4% |
| 2005 | 2.53 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 2.66 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 2.43 million ha | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 2.28 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 2.09 million ha | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 1.52 million ha | -26.9% |
| 2011 | 1.23 million ha | -19.3% |
| 2012 | 1.07 million ha | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 1.04 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 812,177 ha | -22.2% |
| 2015 | 717,733 ha | -11.6% |
| 2016 | 651,020 ha | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 494,906 ha | -24.0% |
| 2018 | 434,514 ha | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 436,147 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 364,235 ha | -16.5% |
| 2021 | 387,256 ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 467,528 ha | +20.7% |
| 2023 | 352,549 ha | -24.6% |
| 2024 | 284,418 ha | -19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,297 ha | 8,930 ha | 50,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 264,119 ha | 103,579 ha | 413,456 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 868,635 ha | 162,892 ha | 1.72 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.16 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 2.80 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.06 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 2.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 841,490 ha | 434,514 ha | 1.52 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 371,197 ha | 284,418 ha | 467,528 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Southern Asia was 284,418 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.80 million ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,930 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.