Sunflower seed — Production in Portugal
Portugal: Sunflower seed — Production was 6,900 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Production in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — production in Portugal stood at 6,900 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.0% on the previous year and down 58.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — production in Portugal peaked at 60,741 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 56th 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 | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,810 t | 0 t | 14,601 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,777 t | 8,442 t | 58,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,761 t | 17,538 t | 60,741 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,353 t | 2,398 t | 28,566 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,693 t | 7,611 t | 26,239 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,326 t | 6,900 t | 12,020 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 4.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,230 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — production in Portugal?
- Sunflower seed — production in Portugal was 6,900 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — production recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 60,741 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — production recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for sunflower seed — production?
- Portugal ranks 56th out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — production rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.