Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production in Argentina
Argentina: Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production was 1.71 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production in Argentina, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 1.71 million t for sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 59.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in Argentina peaked at 2.47 million t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 118,020 t, in 1964.
Argentina ranks 4th of 88 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production in Argentina, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,089 t | — |
| 1962 | 202,898 t | +22.9% |
| 1963 | 168,530 t | -16.9% |
| 1964 | 118,020 t | -30.0% |
| 1965 | 278,838 t | +136.3% |
| 1966 | 284,791 t | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 358,685 t | +25.9% |
| 1968 | 317,513 t | -11.5% |
| 1969 | 279,788 t | -11.9% |
| 1970 | 359,929 t | +28.6% |
| 1971 | 284,848 t | -20.9% |
| 1972 | 276,300 t | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 337,279 t | +22.1% |
| 1974 | 328,027 t | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 208,853 t | -36.3% |
| 1976 | 306,792 t | +46.9% |
| 1977 | 332,055 t | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 558,659 t | +68.2% |
| 1979 | 673,528 t | +20.6% |
| 1980 | 576,675 t | -14.4% |
| 1981 | 347,099 t | -39.8% |
| 1982 | 467,972 t | +34.8% |
| 1983 | 895,389 t | +91.3% |
| 1984 | 801,517 t | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 1.16 million t | +45.1% |
| 1986 | 1.42 million t | +21.9% |
| 1987 | 900,484 t | -36.5% |
| 1988 | 1.10 million t | +22.4% |
| 1989 | 1.27 million t | +15.4% |
| 1990 | 1.43 million t | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 1.55 million t | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 1.45 million t | -6.6% |
| 1993 | 1.18 million t | -18.3% |
| 1994 | 1.36 million t | +15.1% |
| 1995 | 1.97 million t | +45.2% |
| 1996 | 2.03 million t | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 2.18 million t | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 2.02 million t | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 2.47 million t | +22.3% |
| 2000 | 2.16 million t | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 1.30 million t | -39.6% |
| 2002 | 1.27 million t | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 1.40 million t | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 1.21 million t | -13.7% |
| 2005 | 1.52 million t | +26.1% |
| 2006 | 1.58 million t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 1.22 million t | -22.5% |
| 2008 | 1.74 million t | +42.2% |
| 2009 | 1.42 million t | -18.5% |
| 2010 | 1.13 million t | -20.5% |
| 2011 | 1.49 million t | +32.1% |
| 2012 | 1.54 million t | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 1.07 million t | -30.3% |
| 2014 | 931,700 t | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 1.11 million t | +19.0% |
| 2016 | 1.13 million t | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.32 million t | +16.4% |
| 2018 | 1.30 million t | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.41 million t | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 1.07 million t | -24.5% |
| 2021 | 1.34 million t | +25.5% |
| 2022 | 1.50 million t | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 1.71 million t | +14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 241,572 t | 118,020 t | 358,685 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 366,627 t | 208,853 t | 673,528 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 894,301 t | 347,099 t | 1.42 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.76 million t | 1.18 million t | 2.47 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.48 million t | 1.21 million t | 2.16 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.24 million t | 931,700 t | 1.54 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.40 million t | 1.07 million t | 1.71 million t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 5.53 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.53 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in Argentina?
- Sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in Argentina was 1.71 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower-seed oil, crude — production recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 2.47 million t in 1999.
- What is the lowest sunflower-seed oil, crude — production recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 118,020 t in 1964.
- How does Argentina rank for sunflower-seed oil, crude — production?
- Argentina ranks 4th out of 88 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sunflower-seed oil, crude — production rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production. 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.