Sunflower seed — Production in Italy
Italy: Sunflower seed — Production was 287,680 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Production in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Italy recorded 287,680 t for sunflower seed — production in 2024.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — production in Italy peaked at 549,680 t in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1,450 t, in 1968.
That places Italy 19th out of 89 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,440 t | 1,450 t | 6,150 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,972 t | 8,005 t | 55,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 220,784 t | 57,440 t | 380,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 429,014 t | 271,923 t | 549,680 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 315,437 t | 237,375 t | 460,714 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 251,362 t | 185,494 t | 294,730 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 288,662 t | 266,030 t | 307,320 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 16 Republic of Moldova 618,984 t compare
- 17 Yugoslav SFR 463,396 t compare
- 18 Serbia and Montenegro 350,762 t compare
- 20 Uganda 285,000 t compare
- 21 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 249,191 t compare
- 22 Myanmar 200,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 17.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — production in Italy?
- Sunflower seed — production in Italy was 287,680 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — production recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 549,680 t in 1994.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — production recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,450 t in 1968.
- How does Italy rank for sunflower seed — production?
- Italy ranks 19th out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — production rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.