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 44th out of 90 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.
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 share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (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 44th out of 90 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.