Sunflower seed — Import quantity in Belgium
Belgium: Sunflower seed — Import quantity was 126 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Import quantity in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 126 1000 t for sunflower seed — import quantity in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — import quantity in Belgium peaked at 147 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 33 1000 t, in 2010.
Belgium ranks 17th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Import quantity in Belgium, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 33 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 100 1000 t | +203.0% |
| 2012 | 52 1000 t | -48.0% |
| 2013 | 130 1000 t | +150.0% |
| 2014 | 89 1000 t | -31.5% |
| 2015 | 84 1000 t | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 92 1000 t | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 94 1000 t | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 119 1000 t | +26.6% |
| 2019 | 117 1000 t | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 120 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 128 1000 t | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 147 1000 t | +14.8% |
| 2023 | 126 1000 t | -14.3% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 126 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 6 1000 t, 21.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 126 1000 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13 1000 t, 9.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Import quantity in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +203.0% | 33 1000 t | 100 1000 t |
| 2013 | +150.0% | 52 1000 t | 130 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 91 1000 t | 33 1000 t | 130 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 130.25 1000 t | 120 1000 t | 147 1000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — import quantity in Belgium?
- Sunflower seed — import quantity in Belgium was 126 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — import quantity recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 147 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — import quantity recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 33 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Belgium rank for sunflower seed — import quantity?
- Belgium ranks 17th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sunflower seed — import quantity rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sunflower seed — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.