Sunflower seed — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Sunflower seed — Production is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 17.20 million t in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 t in China, Taiwan Province of.
The median across all reporting countries is 36,575 t, and the mean is 721,703 t.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (former) (up 3,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 100.0%).
Sunflower seed — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 17.20 million t | 2024 | up 102.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Ukraine | 10.96 million t | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 2.19 million t | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 3 | USSR | 5.51 million t | 1991 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 4 | Argentina | 3.90 million t | 2024 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.20 million t | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 5 | China | 2.35 million t | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 5 | China, mainland | 2.35 million t | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 618,984 t | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 249,191 t | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 1.83 million t | 2024 | up 257.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 66,000 t | 2024 | up 325.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Hungary | 1.80 million t | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 1.64 million t | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 9,989 t | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Romania | 1.51 million t | 2024 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9,862 t | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 11 | France | 1.48 million t | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Spain | 831,610 t | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 13 | South Africa | 632,000 t | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Serbia | 622,512 t | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 15 | Yugoslav SFR | 463,396 t | 1991 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia and Montenegro | 350,762 t | 2005 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 287,680 t | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Uganda | 285,000 t | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Myanmar | 200,000 t | 2024 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Greece | 188,480 t | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Croatia | 180,590 t | 2024 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 22 | India | 177,329 t | 2024 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Slovakia | 163,330 t | 2024 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 24 | Germany | 134,200 t | 2024 | up 191.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan (former) | 124,000 t | 2011 | up 3,000.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Egypt | 117,671 t | 2024 | up 432.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Czechoslovakia | 101,939 t | 1992 | up 182.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Pakistan | 98,477 t | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Brazil | 90,221 t | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan | 59,500 t | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 31 | Austria | 53,480 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 32 | South Sudan | 52,679 t | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 33 | Canada | 50,680 t | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Morocco | 45,490 t | 2024 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Zambia | 44,128 t | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Poland | 41,350 t | 2024 | up 1,677.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Czechia | 41,120 t | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 38 | Australia | 32,030 t | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Australia and New Zealand | 32,030 t | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 29,341 t | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Paraguay | 25,110 t | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Thailand | 25,000 t | 2024 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 22,716 t | 2024 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Malawi | 22,000 t | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Switzerland | 15,885 t | 2024 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 46 | Tajikistan | 13,000 t | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Angola | 12,390 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 9,602 t | 2024 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Mozambique | 9,155 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Portugal | 6,900 t | 2024 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 6,507 t | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 52 | Tunisia | 6,412 t | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Kenya | 6,000 t | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Mexico | 5,344 t | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 5,341 t | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Belarus | 5,000 t | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Uruguay | 5,000 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,337 t | 2024 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,816 t | 2024 | up 536.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Botswana | 3,117 t | 2024 | up 763.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Israel | 2,800 t | 2024 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Chile | 2,186 t | 2024 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Georgia | 1,300 t | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Slovenia | 1,200 t | 2024 | up 127.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Albania | 1,160 t | 2024 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Afghanistan | 1,131 t | 2024 | up 187.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 670 t | 2024 | — | rising |
| 68 | Iraq | 391 t | 2024 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Ecuador | 230.88 t | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Algeria | 88.52 t | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Namibia | 69.26 t | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Bhutan | 1.4 t | 2024 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Palestine | 0.46 t | 2022 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Colombia | 0 t | 1997 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Jordan | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Lebanon | 0 t | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 74 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 t | 2014 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 52.22 million t
- Asia 7.03 million t
- Europe 37.79 million t
- Eastern Europe 33.98 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.89 million t
- European Union (27) 8.36 million t
- Americas 4.85 million t
- South America 4.28 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.23 million t
- Africa 2.51 million t
- Middle Africa 12,390 t
- Eastern Asia 2.35 million t
- Western Asia 2.24 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.18 million t
- Southern Europe 2.13 million t
- Central Asia 1.87 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.70 million t
- Western Europe 1.68 million t
- Eastern Africa 1.64 million t
- Southern Africa 635,187 t
- Northern America 570,320 t
- United States of America 519,640 t
- Southern Asia 342,938 t
- Northern Africa 229,161 t
- South-Eastern Asia 225,000 t
- Oceania 32,030 t
- Central America 5,344 t
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.