Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 991,286 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia is 991,286 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 46.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 1.00 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 83,820 ha, in 1962.
That places Western Asia 14th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 123,965 ha | — |
| 1962 | 83,820 ha | -32.4% |
| 1963 | 98,078 ha | +17.0% |
| 1964 | 164,877 ha | +68.1% |
| 1965 | 166,231 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 222,961 ha | +34.1% |
| 1967 | 220,969 ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 248,975 ha | +12.7% |
| 1969 | 298,867 ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 373,289 ha | +24.9% |
| 1971 | 408,136 ha | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 506,079 ha | +24.0% |
| 1973 | 497,436 ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 439,946 ha | -11.6% |
| 1975 | 433,803 ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 464,983 ha | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 395,376 ha | -15.0% |
| 1978 | 430,638 ha | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 472,901 ha | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 605,901 ha | +28.1% |
| 1981 | 525,763 ha | -13.2% |
| 1982 | 550,825 ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 568,910 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 586,083 ha | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 666,944 ha | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 722,922 ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 806,040 ha | +11.5% |
| 1988 | 787,476 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 811,850 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 795,226 ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 612,206 ha | -23.0% |
| 1992 | 708,322 ha | +15.7% |
| 1993 | 698,265 ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 663,569 ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 684,172 ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 673,495 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 623,273 ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 644,102 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 683,314 ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 576,278 ha | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 583,747 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 620,631 ha | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 628,157 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 614,900 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 645,242 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 643,596 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 607,590 ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 632,645 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 615,868 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 675,686 ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 692,106 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 640,843 ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 645,439 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 674,872 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 708,892 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 734,241 ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 802,209 ha | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 752,861 ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 776,353 ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 748,760 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 917,893 ha | +22.6% |
| 2022 | 1.00 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 975,452 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 991,286 ha | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180,971 ha | 83,820 ha | 298,867 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 442,259 ha | 373,289 ha | 506,079 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 663,271 ha | 525,763 ha | 811,850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 678,594 ha | 612,206 ha | 795,226 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 616,865 ha | 576,278 ha | 645,242 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 710,350 ha | 640,843 ha | 802,209 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 927,114 ha | 748,760 ha | 1.00 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Western Asia was 991,286 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.00 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 83,820 ha in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 14th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.