Sunflower seed — Production in Uganda
Uganda: Sunflower seed — Production was 285,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Production in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 285,000 t for sunflower seed — production in 2024.
The figure is down 39.4% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — production in Uganda peaked at 470,000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 800 t, in 1961.
Uganda ranks 20th of 89 countries on this measure, 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 | 1,111 t | 800 t | 1,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,675 t | 1,450 t | 1,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,030 t | 1,900 t | 2,150 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,500 t | 43,000 t | 65,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 156,800 t | 79,000 t | 234,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 263,215 t | 230,000 t | 383,200 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 393,980 t | 285,000 t | 470,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 17 Yugoslav SFR 463,396 t compare
- 18 Serbia and Montenegro 350,762 t compare
- 19 Italy 287,680 t compare
- 21 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 249,191 t compare
- 22 Myanmar 200,000 t compare
- 23 Greece 188,480 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 68.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 34.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 560,000 t (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — production in Uganda?
- Sunflower seed — production in Uganda was 285,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — production recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 470,000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — production recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 t in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for sunflower seed — production?
- Uganda ranks 20th out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — production rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.