Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production in Romania
Romania: Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production was 567,500 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production in Romania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in Romania stood at 567,500 t.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 69.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in Romania peaked at 578,100 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 133,000 t, in 1961.
That places Romania 8th out of 88 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production in Romania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 133,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 178,000 t | +33.8% |
| 1963 | 178,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 184,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 193,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 209,200 t | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 263,600 t | +26.0% |
| 1968 | 282,800 t | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 296,300 t | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 278,200 t | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 302,100 t | +8.6% |
| 1972 | 313,500 t | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 315,200 t | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 291,900 t | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 296,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 272,000 t | -8.1% |
| 1977 | 330,600 t | +21.5% |
| 1978 | 292,000 t | -11.7% |
| 1979 | 304,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 309,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 292,000 t | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 295,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 285,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 266,000 t | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 291,000 t | +9.4% |
| 1986 | 284,400 t | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 288,200 t | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 220,600 t | -23.5% |
| 1989 | 219,100 t | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 218,400 t | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 215,700 t | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 248,200 t | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 270,700 t | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 275,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 293,200 t | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 341,900 t | +16.6% |
| 1997 | 375,000 t | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 295,365 t | -21.2% |
| 1999 | 350,362 t | +18.6% |
| 2000 | 292,283 t | -16.6% |
| 2001 | 303,806 t | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 281,600 t | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 350,400 t | +24.4% |
| 2004 | 387,000 t | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 368,400 t | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 331,400 t | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 256,956 t | -22.5% |
| 2008 | 173,176 t | -32.6% |
| 2009 | 241,027 t | +39.2% |
| 2010 | 327,590 t | +35.9% |
| 2011 | 360,040 t | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 319,711 t | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 334,245 t | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 454,576 t | +36.0% |
| 2015 | 431,149 t | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 365,768 t | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 436,464 t | +19.3% |
| 2018 | 514,671 t | +17.9% |
| 2019 | 533,300 t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 497,200 t | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 457,500 t | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 578,100 t | +26.4% |
| 2023 | 567,500 t | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213,100 t | 133,000 t | 296,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 299,550 t | 272,000 t | 330,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 275,030 t | 219,100 t | 309,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 288,383 t | 215,700 t | 375,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 298,605 t | 173,176 t | 387,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 407,751 t | 319,711 t | 533,300 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 525,075 t | 457,500 t | 578,100 t | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in Romania?
- Sunflower-seed oil, crude — production in Romania was 567,500 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower-seed oil, crude — production recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 578,100 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sunflower-seed oil, crude — production recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 133,000 t in 1961.
- How does Romania rank for sunflower-seed oil, crude — production?
- Romania ranks 8th out of 88 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sunflower-seed oil, crude — production rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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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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.