Sunflower seed — Production by country

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...

Countries reporting
79
Highest
18,100 1000 t
Russian Federation
Lowest
0 1000 t
China, Taiwan Province of
Median
27 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
1,457

What the numbers show

Sunflower seed — Production is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 18,100 1000 t in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 1000 t in China, Taiwan Province of.

The median across all reporting countries is 27 1000 t, and the mean is 755.68 1000 t.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 1,060.0%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 100.0%).

Sunflower seed — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 18,100 1000 t 2023 up 71.5% rising
2 Ukraine 12,760 1000 t 2023 up 15.5% rising
3 Argentina 5,019 1000 t 2023 up 61.7% rising
4 China 3,000 1000 t 2023 up 23.8% rising
4 China, mainland 3,000 1000 t 2023 up 23.8% rising
6 Türkiye 2,198 1000 t 2023 up 44.3% rising
7 France 2,061 1000 t 2023 up 30.6% rising
8 Romania 2,016 1000 t 2023 down 5.9% rising
9 Hungary 1,970 1000 t 2023 up 32.7% rising
10 Bulgaria 1,784 1000 t 2023 down 9.6% rising
11 Kazakhstan 1,236 1000 t 2023 up 115.7% rising
12 United Republic of Tanzania 1,170 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% rising
13 Spain 849 1000 t 2023 down 18.2% falling
14 Republic of Moldova 758 1000 t 2023 up 50.4% rising
15 Serbia 686 1000 t 2023 up 33.7% rising
16 India 363 1000 t 2023 down 28.0% falling
17 Italy 307 1000 t 2023 up 7.7% rising
18 Uganda 300 1000 t 2023 up 26.1% rising
19 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 181 1000 t 2023 up 13.8% falling
20 Slovakia 174 1000 t 2023 down 11.2% falling
21 Myanmar 171 1000 t 2023 down 62.9% falling
22 Germany 170 1000 t 2023 up 269.6% volatile
23 Croatia 158 1000 t 2023 up 20.6% rising
24 Greece 157 1000 t 2023 down 10.8% rising
25 Pakistan 133 1000 t 2023 down 45.3% volatile
26 Canada 92 1000 t 2023 up 76.9% rising
26 Zambia 92 1000 t 2023 up 170.6% rising
28 Brazil 87 1000 t 2023 down 20.2% falling
29 Austria 66 1000 t 2023 up 29.4% rising
30 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 65 1000 t 2023 up 1.6% rising
31 Poland 58 1000 t 2023 up 1,060.0% volatile
32 Czechia 49 1000 t 2023 up 4.3% falling
33 Zimbabwe 41 1000 t 2023 up 485.7% volatile
34 Paraguay 38 1000 t 2023 down 67.2% volatile
35 Australia 37 1000 t 2023 down 15.9% falling
35 Australia and New Zealand 37 1000 t 2023 down 15.9% falling
37 Morocco 33 1000 t 2023 up 73.7% falling
38 Azerbaijan 28 1000 t 2023 up 55.6% rising
38 Uzbekistan 28 1000 t 2023 down 28.2% rising
40 Thailand 27 1000 t 2023 up 145.5% rising
41 Egypt 25 1000 t 2023 up 31.6% rising
42 Switzerland 18 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% rising
43 Malawi 16 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% rising
44 Syrian Arab Republic 15 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% volatile
45 Tajikistan 14 1000 t 2023 up 55.6% rising
46 Angola 12 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
47 Botswana 10 1000 t 2023 up 400.0% volatile
47 Uruguay 10 1000 t 2023 up 400.0% volatile
49 Mozambique 9 1000 t 2023 up 28.6% falling
49 Portugal 9 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% falling
49 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9 1000 t 2023 down 84.5% volatile
52 Tunisia 7 1000 t 2023 down 22.2% falling
53 Ethiopia 6 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% falling
53 Kenya 6 1000 t 2023 down 57.1% volatile
53 North Macedonia 6 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% flat
56 Chile 5 1000 t 2023 down 54.5% volatile
56 Kyrgyzstan 5 1000 t 2023 down 88.4% volatile
56 Mexico 5 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
59 Belarus 3 1000 t 2023 down 66.7% volatile
59 Georgia 3 1000 t 2023 down 70.0% volatile
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1000 t 2023 volatile
61 Israel 2 1000 t 2023 down 83.3% volatile
63 Afghanistan 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
63 Albania 1 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% falling
63 Slovenia 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
66 Armenia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Bhutan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Colombia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
66 Denmark 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Algeria 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Ecuador 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Estonia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Iraq 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
66 Jordan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Lebanon 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Latvia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Malta 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 Namibia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
66 China, Taiwan Province of 0 1000 t 2023 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Sunflower seed — Production
Unit
1000 t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
108 places, 1,457 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.