Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 20,569 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe is 20,569 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 75.9% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 130,000 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,849 ha, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 40th 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,849 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,955 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 3,674 ha | +87.9% |
| 1964 | 3,711 ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 4,140 ha | +11.6% |
| 1966 | 4,884 ha | +18.0% |
| 1967 | 4,900 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,500 ha | +32.7% |
| 1975 | 14,750 ha | +126.9% |
| 1976 | 25,000 ha | +69.5% |
| 1977 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | -54.5% |
| 1984 | 36,000 ha | +260.0% |
| 1985 | 35,719 ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 38,400 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 60,000 ha | +56.2% |
| 1988 | 85,000 ha | +41.7% |
| 1989 | 105,000 ha | +23.5% |
| 1990 | 121,120 ha | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 130,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 100,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1993 | 117,800 ha | +17.8% |
| 1994 | 109,517 ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 62,120 ha | -43.3% |
| 1996 | 57,787 ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 50,132 ha | -13.2% |
| 1998 | 32,845 ha | -34.5% |
| 1999 | 22,130 ha | -32.6% |
| 2000 | 17,473 ha | -21.0% |
| 2001 | 43,830 ha | +150.8% |
| 2002 | 24,118 ha | -45.0% |
| 2003 | 21,355 ha | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 37,800 ha | +77.0% |
| 2005 | 18,129 ha | -52.0% |
| 2006 | 46,725 ha | +157.7% |
| 2007 | 75,245 ha | +61.0% |
| 2008 | 58,000 ha | -22.9% |
| 2009 | 40,000 ha | -31.0% |
| 2010 | 28,945 ha | -27.6% |
| 2011 | 26,164 ha | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 19,628 ha | -25.0% |
| 2013 | 18,216 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 15,399 ha | -15.5% |
| 2015 | 16,635 ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 8,428 ha | -49.3% |
| 2017 | 8,269 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 10,528 ha | +27.3% |
| 2019 | 19,420 ha | +84.5% |
| 2020 | 23,826 ha | +22.7% |
| 2021 | 17,964 ha | -24.6% |
| 2022 | 26,000 ha | +44.7% |
| 2023 | 85,181 ha | +227.6% |
| 2024 | 20,569 ha | -75.9% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 20,569 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,923 ha, 2.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 20,569 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,569 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Zimbabwe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +260.0% | 10,000 ha | 36,000 ha |
| 2023 | +227.6% | 26,000 ha | 85,181 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,879 ha | 1,849 ha | 4,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,585 ha | 4,900 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,212 ha | 10,000 ha | 105,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 80,345 ha | 22,130 ha | 130,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,268 ha | 17,473 ha | 75,245 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,163 ha | 8,269 ha | 28,945 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,708 ha | 17,964 ha | 85,181 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 20,569 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 130,000 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,849 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 40th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.