Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Türkiye
Türkiye: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 971,032 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Türkiye, 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 Türkiye is 971,032 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 48.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Türkiye peaked at 979,691 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 81,300 ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 117,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 81,300 ha | -30.9% |
| 1963 | 94,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 1964 | 160,000 ha | +70.2% |
| 1965 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 218,000 ha | +36.2% |
| 1967 | 215,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 240,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 1969 | 285,500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1970 | 360,000 ha | +26.1% |
| 1971 | 396,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 493,000 ha | +24.5% |
| 1973 | 481,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 425,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 1975 | 418,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 445,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 373,000 ha | -16.2% |
| 1978 | 415,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 445,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 575,000 ha | +29.2% |
| 1981 | 500,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1982 | 530,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 550,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 562,803 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 642,499 ha | +14.2% |
| 1986 | 688,727 ha | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 773,937 ha | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 749,750 ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 767,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 714,599 ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 564,620 ha | -21.0% |
| 1992 | 607,588 ha | +7.6% |
| 1993 | 596,061 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 585,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 584,757 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 573,782 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 556,430 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 574,820 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 593,034 ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 539,856 ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 509,224 ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 547,891 ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 542,293 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 548,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 565,622 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 585,248 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 552,194 ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 577,958 ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 583,979 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 641,343 ha | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 655,616 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 604,616 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 609,662 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 653,323 ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 685,174 ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 718,317 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 779,439 ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 734,190 ha | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 751,693 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 728,368 ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 900,135 ha | +23.6% |
| 2022 | 979,691 ha | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 952,605 ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 971,032 ha | +1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Türkiye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +70.2% | 94,000 ha | 160,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 174,600 ha | 81,300 ha | 285,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 425,100 ha | 360,000 ha | 493,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 633,972 ha | 500,000 ha | 773,937 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 595,139 ha | 556,430 ha | 714,599 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 555,256 ha | 509,224 ha | 585,248 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 683,337 ha | 604,616 ha | 779,439 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 906,366 ha | 728,368 ha | 979,691 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
- 1 Russian Federation 9.85 million ha compare
- 2 Ukraine 5.03 million ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 1.10 million ha compare
- 3 USSR 4.49 million ha compare
- 4 Argentina 1.84 million ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 1.26 million ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 416,859 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 178,689 ha compare
- 6 Romania 1.24 million ha compare
- 7 Bulgaria 929,150 ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 63,000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Türkiye?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Türkiye was 971,032 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 979,691 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 81,300 ha in 1962.
- How does Türkiye rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Türkiye ranks 4th out of 10 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.