Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 1.27 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 1.27 million ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 2.63 million ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 103,264 ha, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 13th 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 103,264 ha | — |
| 1962 | 113,906 ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 156,688 ha | +37.6% |
| 1964 | 170,564 ha | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 181,195 ha | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 203,679 ha | +12.4% |
| 1967 | 188,867 ha | -7.3% |
| 1968 | 215,143 ha | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 310,816 ha | +44.5% |
| 1970 | 382,965 ha | +23.2% |
| 1971 | 518,040 ha | +35.3% |
| 1972 | 552,245 ha | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 683,472 ha | +23.8% |
| 1974 | 690,786 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 1.05 million ha | +52.2% |
| 1976 | 750,335 ha | -28.6% |
| 1977 | 823,854 ha | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 902,471 ha | +9.5% |
| 1979 | 967,194 ha | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 934,875 ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 1.02 million ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 1.10 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 1.14 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 1.28 million ha | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 1.33 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 1.44 million ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 1.58 million ha | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 1.44 million ha | -8.4% |
| 1989 | 1.42 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 1.74 million ha | +22.6% |
| 1991 | 1.51 million ha | -13.1% |
| 1992 | 1.93 million ha | +27.7% |
| 1993 | 2.63 million ha | +36.1% |
| 1994 | 1.95 million ha | -26.0% |
| 1995 | 1.66 million ha | -14.6% |
| 1996 | 1.72 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 1.52 million ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 1.57 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 1.38 million ha | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 1.31 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 1.33 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1.16 million ha | -12.5% |
| 2003 | 1.22 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 1.13 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 912,052 ha | -19.6% |
| 2006 | 1.01 million ha | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 938,243 ha | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 1.12 million ha | +18.9% |
| 2009 | 1.21 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 1.07 million ha | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 1.28 million ha | +20.3% |
| 2012 | 1.17 million ha | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 1.30 million ha | +11.2% |
| 2014 | 1.20 million ha | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 1.17 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 1.17 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.19 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.17 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.19 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 1.14 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 1.10 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 1.40 million ha | +26.6% |
| 2023 | 1.29 million ha | -7.8% |
| 2024 | 1.27 million ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 182,680 ha | 103,264 ha | 310,816 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 732,284 ha | 382,965 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.27 million ha | 934,875 ha | 1.58 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.76 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 2.63 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.13 million ha | 912,052 ha | 1.33 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.19 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Southern Europe was 1.27 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.63 million ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 103,264 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 13th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.