Sunflower seed — Production in United States of America
United States of America: Sunflower seed — Production was 519,640 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Production in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — production in United States of America is 519,640 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 49.3% on the previous year and down 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — production in United States of America peaked at 3.31 million t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 15,640 t, in 1964.
That places United States of America 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Production in United States of America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,375 t | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 29,190 t | +78.3% |
| 1964 | 15,640 t | -46.4% |
| 1965 | 20,435 t | +30.7% |
| 1966 | 32,250 t | +57.8% |
| 1967 | 104,080 t | +222.7% |
| 1968 | 83,570 t | -19.7% |
| 1969 | 80,505 t | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 85,785 t | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 195,847 t | +128.3% |
| 1972 | 333,600 t | +70.3% |
| 1973 | 353,158 t | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 290,000 t | -17.9% |
| 1975 | 544,000 t | +87.6% |
| 1976 | 463,000 t | -14.9% |
| 1977 | 1.33 million t | +187.3% |
| 1978 | 1.82 million t | +37.1% |
| 1979 | 3.31 million t | +81.6% |
| 1980 | 1.70 million t | -48.7% |
| 1981 | 2.04 million t | +19.9% |
| 1982 | 2.42 million t | +18.8% |
| 1983 | 1.45 million t | -40.0% |
| 1984 | 1.70 million t | +17.1% |
| 1985 | 1.43 million t | -15.8% |
| 1986 | 1.21 million t | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 1.18 million t | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 813,000 t | -31.3% |
| 1989 | 798,000 t | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 1.03 million t | +29.3% |
| 1991 | 1.64 million t | +58.8% |
| 1992 | 1.16 million t | -29.0% |
| 1993 | 1.17 million t | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 2.19 million t | +88.0% |
| 1995 | 1.82 million t | -17.1% |
| 1996 | 1.61 million t | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 1.67 million t | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 2.39 million t | +43.4% |
| 1999 | 1.97 million t | -17.7% |
| 2000 | 1.61 million t | -18.4% |
| 2001 | 1.55 million t | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1.11 million t | -28.3% |
| 2003 | 1.21 million t | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 929,690 t | -23.1% |
| 2005 | 1.82 million t | +96.0% |
| 2006 | 972,330 t | -46.6% |
| 2007 | 1.30 million t | +33.8% |
| 2008 | 1.55 million t | +19.3% |
| 2009 | 1.38 million t | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 1.24 million t | -9.9% |
| 2011 | 924,550 t | -25.5% |
| 2012 | 1.24 million t | +34.2% |
| 2013 | 917,060 t | -26.1% |
| 2014 | 1.01 million t | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 1.33 million t | +31.8% |
| 2016 | 1.20 million t | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 969,670 t | -19.4% |
| 2018 | 955,740 t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 887,240 t | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 1.35 million t | +52.5% |
| 2021 | 861,550 t | -36.3% |
| 2022 | 1.27 million t | +47.9% |
| 2023 | 1.02 million t | -19.6% |
| 2024 | 519,640 t | -49.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,338 t | 15,640 t | 104,080 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 872,839 t | 85,785 t | 3.31 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.47 million t | 798,000 t | 2.42 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.67 million t | 1.03 million t | 2.39 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.34 million t | 929,690 t | 1.82 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.07 million t | 887,240 t | 1.33 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 million t | 519,640 t | 1.35 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — production in United States of America?
- Sunflower seed — production in United States of America was 519,640 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — production recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 3.31 million t in 1979.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — production recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,640 t in 1964.
- How does United States of America rank for sunflower seed — production?
- United States of America ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — production rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United States of America 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.