Sunflower seed — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 277,660 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in United States of America, 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 United States of America is 277,660 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 45.7% on the previous year and down 54.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 2.19 million ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 15,378 ha, in 1962.
United States of America ranks 20th of 25 groups on this measure, 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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,378 ha | -9.5% |
| 1963 | 26,304 ha | +71.0% |
| 1964 | 18,980 ha | -27.8% |
| 1965 | 21,450 ha | +13.0% |
| 1966 | 31,970 ha | +49.0% |
| 1967 | 89,640 ha | +180.4% |
| 1968 | 73,650 ha | -17.8% |
| 1969 | 77,470 ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 84,820 ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 166,570 ha | +96.4% |
| 1972 | 328,680 ha | +97.3% |
| 1973 | 304,120 ha | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 262,843 ha | -13.6% |
| 1975 | 481,000 ha | +83.0% |
| 1976 | 425,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 1977 | 891,300 ha | +109.7% |
| 1978 | 1.13 million ha | +27.0% |
| 1979 | 2.19 million ha | +93.3% |
| 1980 | 1.49 million ha | -31.9% |
| 1981 | 1.54 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 1.91 million ha | +24.0% |
| 1983 | 1.24 million ha | -35.2% |
| 1984 | 1.49 million ha | +20.5% |
| 1985 | 1.15 million ha | -23.0% |
| 1986 | 791,000 ha | -31.3% |
| 1987 | 718,000 ha | -9.2% |
| 1988 | 777,400 ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 722,800 ha | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 749,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 1.08 million ha | +44.4% |
| 1992 | 826,780 ha | -23.6% |
| 1993 | 1.01 million ha | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 1.39 million ha | +38.0% |
| 1995 | 1.36 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 1.00 million ha | -26.4% |
| 1997 | 1.13 million ha | +12.6% |
| 1998 | 1.41 million ha | +25.1% |
| 1999 | 1.39 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 1.07 million ha | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 1.03 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 876,963 ha | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 889,104 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 692,425 ha | -22.1% |
| 2005 | 1.06 million ha | +52.5% |
| 2006 | 716,300 ha | -32.2% |
| 2007 | 814,236 ha | +13.7% |
| 2008 | 969,640 ha | +19.1% |
| 2009 | 790,560 ha | -18.5% |
| 2010 | 758,310 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 589,960 ha | -22.2% |
| 2012 | 744,630 ha | +26.2% |
| 2013 | 592,710 ha | -20.4% |
| 2014 | 611,120 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 728,200 ha | +19.2% |
| 2016 | 619,990 ha | -14.9% |
| 2017 | 539,780 ha | -12.9% |
| 2018 | 492,670 ha | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 507,280 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 674,090 ha | +32.9% |
| 2021 | 502,540 ha | -25.4% |
| 2022 | 647,300 ha | +28.8% |
| 2023 | 511,330 ha | -21.0% |
| 2024 | 277,660 ha | -45.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,316 ha | 15,378 ha | 89,640 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 626,593 ha | 84,820 ha | 2.19 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.18 million ha | 718,000 ha | 1.91 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.14 million ha | 749,000 ha | 1.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 891,066 ha | 692,425 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 618,465 ha | 492,670 ha | 758,310 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 522,584 ha | 277,660 ha | 674,090 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in United States of America?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in United States of America was 277,660 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.19 million ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,378 ha in 1962.
- How does United States of America rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 20th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United States of America 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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About this data
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.