Sunflower seed — Production in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sunflower seed — Production was 98,477 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Production in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — production in Pakistan is 98,477 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.1% on the previous year and down 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — production in Pakistan peaked at 603,894 t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 35 t, in 1978.
Pakistan ranks 31st of 89 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 217.78 t | 150 t | 350 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 350.8 t | 35 t | 873 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,002 t | 355 t | 42,531 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,343 t | 24,579 t | 187,766 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 290,950 t | 76,409 t | 603,894 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 209,044 t | 86,060 t | 404,391 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 110,833 t | 83,641 t | 147,315 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 28 Sudan (former) 124,000 t compare
- 29 Egypt 117,671 t compare
- 30 Czechoslovakia 101,939 t compare
- 32 Brazil 90,221 t compare
- 33 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 66,000 t compare
- 34 Sudan 59,500 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture share gdp 23.02 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.02 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
- Rural population 60.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 154.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 93.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 311,166 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — production in Pakistan?
- Sunflower seed — production in Pakistan was 98,477 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — production recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 603,894 t in 2008.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — production recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 t in 1978.
- How does Pakistan rank for sunflower seed — production?
- Pakistan ranks 31st out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — production rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.