Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 31,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Thailand, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 31,000 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and up 89.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 68,450 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4,785 ha, in 2015.
That places Thailand 32nd out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 68,450 ha | — |
| 2001 | 36,567 ha | -46.6% |
| 2002 | 37,854 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 45,755 ha | +20.9% |
| 2004 | 28,657 ha | -37.4% |
| 2005 | 42,020 ha | +46.6% |
| 2006 | 33,221 ha | -20.9% |
| 2007 | 30,567 ha | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 26,029 ha | -14.8% |
| 2009 | 26,413 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 27,063 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 31,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8,896 ha | -71.3% |
| 2014 | 16,374 ha | +84.1% |
| 2015 | 4,785 ha | -70.8% |
| 2016 | 31,000 ha | +547.9% |
| 2017 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 31,000 ha | -3.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 31,000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,918 ha, 5.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +547.9% | 4,785 ha | 31,000 ha |
| 2014 | +84.1% | 8,896 ha | 16,374 ha |
| 2013 | -71.3% | 31,000 ha | 8,896 ha |
| 2015 | -70.8% | 16,374 ha | 4,785 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37,553 ha | 26,029 ha | 68,450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,312 ha | 4,785 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,400 ha | 31,000 ha | 32,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Thailand?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Thailand was 31,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 68,450 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,785 ha in 2015.
- How does Thailand rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 32nd out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.