Sunflower seed — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Sunflower seed — Production was 8.36 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — production in European Union (27) stood at 8.36 million t.
The figure is down 14.9% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — production in European Union (27) peaked at 10.39 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 919,585 t, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 919,585 t | — |
| 1962 | 980,518 t | +6.6% |
| 1963 | 1.03 million t | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 1.02 million t | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 1.03 million t | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 1.26 million t | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 1.33 million t | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 1.35 million t | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 1.50 million t | +11.2% |
| 1970 | 1.50 million t | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 1.72 million t | +15.1% |
| 1972 | 1.82 million t | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 1.76 million t | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 1.56 million t | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 1.89 million t | +21.1% |
| 1976 | 1.80 million t | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 1.98 million t | +9.6% |
| 1978 | 2.02 million t | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 2.48 million t | +23.0% |
| 1980 | 2.64 million t | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 2.79 million t | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 3.47 million t | +24.7% |
| 1983 | 3.50 million t | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 4.24 million t | +21.1% |
| 1985 | 4.51 million t | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 5.53 million t | +22.6% |
| 1987 | 6.24 million t | +12.7% |
| 1988 | 5.88 million t | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 5.42 million t | -7.8% |
| 1990 | 6.00 million t | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 6.09 million t | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 6.27 million t | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 5.66 million t | -9.8% |
| 1994 | 6.28 million t | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 6.01 million t | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 6.64 million t | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 5.97 million t | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 6.17 million t | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 6.19 million t | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 5.26 million t | -15.1% |
| 2001 | 5.10 million t | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 5.43 million t | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 6.42 million t | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 6.90 million t | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 6.10 million t | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 6.90 million t | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 4.88 million t | -29.2% |
| 2008 | 7.22 million t | +47.7% |
| 2009 | 7.06 million t | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 7.02 million t | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 8.50 million t | +21.0% |
| 2012 | 7.12 million t | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 9.15 million t | +28.6% |
| 2014 | 9.24 million t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 7.85 million t | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 8.71 million t | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 10.39 million t | +19.3% |
| 2018 | 10.00 million t | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 10.28 million t | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 9.03 million t | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 10.39 million t | +15.1% |
| 2022 | 9.33 million t | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 9.83 million t | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 8.36 million t | -14.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.16 million t | 919,585 t | 1.50 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.85 million t | 1.50 million t | 2.48 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.42 million t | 2.64 million t | 6.24 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.13 million t | 5.66 million t | 6.64 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.13 million t | 4.88 million t | 7.22 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.83 million t | 7.02 million t | 10.39 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.39 million t | 8.36 million t | 10.39 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 1 Russian Federation 17.20 million t compare
- 2 Ukraine 10.96 million t compare
- 3 USSR 5.51 million t compare
- 4 Argentina 3.90 million t compare
- 5 China 2.35 million t compare
- 5 China, mainland 2.35 million t compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 1.83 million t compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production 490,870 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight 14 kg/An (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 50.78 million t (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 36,697 kg/ha (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested 1.38 million ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 17.22 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield 795.3 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — production in European Union (27)?
- Sunflower seed — production in European Union (27) was 8.36 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.39 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 919,585 t in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for sunflower seed — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. 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 — 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.