Sunflower seed — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sunflower seed — Production was 1,131 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — production in Afghanistan stood at 1,131 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 187.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — production in Afghanistan peaked at 20,000 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 240 t, in 2009.
That places Afghanistan 66th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,800 t | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 12,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13,200 t | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 14,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,400 t | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 14,800 t | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 14,000 t | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 11,200 t | -20.0% |
| 1972 | 13,600 t | +21.4% |
| 1973 | 15,200 t | +11.8% |
| 1974 | 16,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14,400 t | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 14,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 16,800 t | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 17,200 t | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 17,600 t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 18,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 17,600 t | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 17,200 t | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 16,800 t | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 16,400 t | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 16,000 t | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 15,715 t | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 15,492 t | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 15,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 12,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 13,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 14,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 16,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 15,355 t | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 15,145 t | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 14,394 t | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 13,334 t | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 14,106 t | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 15,000 t | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 20,000 t | +33.3% |
| 2006 | 9,500 t | -52.5% |
| 2007 | 4,400 t | -53.7% |
| 2008 | 1,400 t | -68.2% |
| 2009 | 240 t | -82.9% |
| 2010 | 245 t | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 247 t | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 250 t | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 560 t | +124.0% |
| 2014 | 393 t | -29.8% |
| 2015 | 303.1 t | -22.9% |
| 2016 | 652.79 t | +115.4% |
| 2017 | 738.49 t | +13.1% |
| 2018 | 804.87 t | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 882 t | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 387 t | -56.1% |
| 2021 | 685.08 t | +77.0% |
| 2022 | 745.36 t | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 1,044 t | +40.1% |
| 2024 | 1,131 t | +8.3% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 1,131 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 22,000 t, 5% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 1,131 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 760.83 t, 1.5× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Production in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +124.0% | 250 t | 560 t |
| 2016 | +115.4% | 303.1 t | 652.79 t |
| 2009 | -82.9% | 1,400 t | 240 t |
| 2021 | +77.0% | 387 t | 685.08 t |
| 2008 | -68.2% | 4,400 t | 1,400 t |
| 2020 | -56.1% | 882 t | 387 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,422 t | 12,000 t | 14,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,720 t | 11,200 t | 16,800 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,640 t | 16,800 t | 18,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,896 t | 12,000 t | 16,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,752 t | 240 t | 20,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 507.62 t | 245 t | 882 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 798.41 t | 387 t | 1,131 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — production in Afghanistan?
- Sunflower seed — production in Afghanistan was 1,131 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 240 t in 2009.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sunflower seed — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 66th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 187.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sunflower seed — 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.