Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 6,756 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Syrian Arab Republic recorded 6,756 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 32.0% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 19,000 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 148 ha | +23.3% |
| 1964 | 147 ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 106 ha | -27.9% |
| 1966 | 103 ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +45.6% |
| 1968 | 962 ha | +541.3% |
| 1969 | 962 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,469 ha | +52.7% |
| 1971 | 1,591 ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 2,180 ha | +37.0% |
| 1973 | 2,376 ha | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 3,451 ha | +45.2% |
| 1975 | 3,093 ha | -10.4% |
| 1976 | 3,765 ha | +21.7% |
| 1977 | 4,981 ha | +32.3% |
| 1978 | 5,770 ha | +15.8% |
| 1979 | 6,296 ha | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 7,600 ha | +20.7% |
| 1981 | 6,608 ha | -13.1% |
| 1982 | 3,900 ha | -41.0% |
| 1983 | 3,200 ha | -17.9% |
| 1984 | 6,800 ha | +112.5% |
| 1985 | 6,300 ha | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 14,900 ha | +136.5% |
| 1987 | 15,010 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 19,000 ha | +26.6% |
| 1989 | 9,800 ha | -48.4% |
| 1990 | 12,200 ha | +24.5% |
| 1991 | 9,200 ha | -24.6% |
| 1992 | 11,600 ha | +26.1% |
| 1993 | 16,200 ha | +39.7% |
| 1994 | 9,546 ha | -41.1% |
| 1995 | 5,800 ha | -39.2% |
| 1996 | 6,700 ha | +15.5% |
| 1997 | 5,300 ha | -20.9% |
| 1998 | 4,016 ha | -24.2% |
| 1999 | 7,288 ha | +81.5% |
| 2000 | 3,327 ha | -54.3% |
| 2001 | 6,300 ha | +89.4% |
| 2002 | 5,628 ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 7,273 ha | +29.2% |
| 2004 | 7,247 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 9,122 ha | +25.9% |
| 2006 | 8,302 ha | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 11,925 ha | +43.6% |
| 2008 | 6,895 ha | -42.2% |
| 2009 | 6,994 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 7,636 ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 4,011 ha | -47.5% |
| 2012 | 5,199 ha | +29.6% |
| 2013 | 6,071 ha | +16.8% |
| 2014 | 5,008 ha | -17.5% |
| 2015 | 3,580 ha | -28.5% |
| 2016 | 2,105 ha | -41.2% |
| 2017 | 1,302 ha | -38.1% |
| 2018 | 3,678 ha | +182.5% |
| 2019 | 4,897 ha | +33.1% |
| 2020 | 4,866 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,675 ha | -45.0% |
| 2022 | 6,251 ha | +133.7% |
| 2023 | 9,930 ha | +58.9% |
| 2024 | 6,756 ha | -32.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +541.3% | 150 ha | 962 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 310.89 ha | 100 ha | 962 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,497 ha | 1,469 ha | 6,296 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,312 ha | 3,200 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,785 ha | 4,016 ha | 16,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,301 ha | 3,327 ha | 11,925 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,349 ha | 1,302 ha | 7,636 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,096 ha | 2,675 ha | 9,930 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Syrian Arab Republic
- 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
- 10 Spain 754,430 ha compare
- 11 France 753,680 ha compare
- 12 Hungary 674,130 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 529,000 ha compare
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- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production, annual growth rate -1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic was 6,756 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 19,000 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 10th out of 10 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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.