Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production was 4.02 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 4.02 million t for sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and up 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in European Union (27) peaked at 4.17 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 330,711 t, in 1961.
European Union (27) ranks 4th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 330,711 t | — |
| 1962 | 367,393 t | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 400,136 t | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 407,723 t | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 403,637 t | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 437,025 t | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 562,329 t | +28.7% |
| 1968 | 595,341 t | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 652,631 t | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 684,710 t | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 664,556 t | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 743,911 t | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 787,211 t | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 756,288 t | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 783,337 t | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 782,109 t | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 921,465 t | +17.8% |
| 1978 | 1.10 million t | +19.3% |
| 1979 | 1.24 million t | +12.9% |
| 1980 | 1.53 million t | +23.0% |
| 1981 | 1.47 million t | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 1.58 million t | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 1.73 million t | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 1.66 million t | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 1.84 million t | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 1.94 million t | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 2.23 million t | +15.0% |
| 1988 | 2.34 million t | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 2.26 million t | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 2.28 million t | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 2.22 million t | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 2.68 million t | +20.4% |
| 1993 | 2.47 million t | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 2.48 million t | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 2.68 million t | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 2.96 million t | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 3.23 million t | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 2.93 million t | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 2.80 million t | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 2.74 million t | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 2.61 million t | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 2.05 million t | -21.5% |
| 2003 | 2.31 million t | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 2.46 million t | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 2.33 million t | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 2.29 million t | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 2.10 million t | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 1.98 million t | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 2.56 million t | +28.8% |
| 2010 | 2.57 million t | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 2.79 million t | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 2.59 million t | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 2.94 million t | +13.6% |
| 2014 | 3.27 million t | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 3.13 million t | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 3.18 million t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 3.48 million t | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 3.78 million t | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 3.69 million t | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 3.59 million t | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 3.49 million t | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 4.17 million t | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 4.02 million t | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 461,881 t | 330,711 t | 652,631 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 846,485 t | 664,556 t | 1.24 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.86 million t | 1.47 million t | 2.34 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.67 million t | 2.22 million t | 3.23 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.34 million t | 1.98 million t | 2.74 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.14 million t | 2.57 million t | 3.78 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.82 million t | 3.49 million t | 4.17 million t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in European Union (27)?
- Sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in European Union (27) was 4.02 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.17 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sunflower-seed oil, crude — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 330,711 t in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for sunflower-seed oil, crude — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sunflower-seed oil, crude — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.