Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 103,777 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 103,777 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 45.5% on the previous year and up 64.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 190,385 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,600 ha, in 1961.
That places Zambia 22nd out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +30.4% |
| 1973 | 12,731 ha | +324.4% |
| 1974 | 15,471 ha | +21.5% |
| 1975 | 17,599 ha | +13.8% |
| 1976 | 19,282 ha | +9.6% |
| 1977 | 24,000 ha | +24.5% |
| 1978 | 24,800 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 26,709 ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 30,791 ha | +15.3% |
| 1981 | 47,156 ha | +53.1% |
| 1982 | 41,500 ha | -12.0% |
| 1983 | 48,010 ha | +15.7% |
| 1984 | 57,710 ha | +20.2% |
| 1985 | 62,708 ha | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 57,200 ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 31,600 ha | -44.8% |
| 1988 | 44,555 ha | +41.0% |
| 1989 | 44,958 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 44,289 ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 36,490 ha | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 32,302 ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 39,450 ha | +22.1% |
| 1994 | 15,652 ha | -60.3% |
| 1995 | 32,433 ha | +107.2% |
| 1996 | 47,621 ha | +46.8% |
| 1997 | 20,745 ha | -56.4% |
| 1998 | 15,694 ha | -24.3% |
| 1999 | 12,991 ha | -17.2% |
| 2000 | 36,081 ha | +177.7% |
| 2001 | 17,186 ha | -52.4% |
| 2002 | 17,186 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 15,000 ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 26,729 ha | +78.2% |
| 2005 | 18,007 ha | -32.6% |
| 2006 | 34,521 ha | +91.7% |
| 2007 | 23,170 ha | -32.9% |
| 2008 | 26,766 ha | +15.5% |
| 2009 | 65,417 ha | +144.4% |
| 2010 | 51,602 ha | -21.1% |
| 2011 | 36,886 ha | -28.5% |
| 2012 | 38,297 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 63,089 ha | +64.7% |
| 2014 | 63,076 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 64,507 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 115,916 ha | +79.7% |
| 2017 | 99,384 ha | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 91,219 ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 62,592 ha | -31.4% |
| 2020 | 94,825 ha | +51.5% |
| 2021 | 155,640 ha | +64.1% |
| 2022 | 163,879 ha | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 190,385 ha | +16.2% |
| 2024 | 103,777 ha | -45.5% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 103,777 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,923 ha, 10.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 103,777 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,569 ha, 5.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Zambia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +324.4% | 3,000 ha | 12,731 ha |
| 2000 | +177.7% | 12,991 ha | 36,081 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,622 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,789 ha | 2,000 ha | 26,709 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,619 ha | 30,791 ha | 62,708 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,767 ha | 12,991 ha | 47,621 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,006 ha | 15,000 ha | 65,417 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,657 ha | 36,886 ha | 115,916 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 141,701 ha | 94,825 ha | 190,385 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Zambia?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Zambia was 103,777 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 190,385 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 22nd out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.