Sunflower seed — Yield in Africa
Africa: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,073 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — yield in Africa stood at 1,073 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Africa peaked at 1,185 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 505.4 kg/ha, in 1992.
Africa ranks 19th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 564.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 595.5 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 561.2 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 534.8 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1965 | 512.2 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 551 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 674.5 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1968 | 520.7 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1969 | 521 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 568.8 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 692 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1972 | 762.2 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1973 | 701.8 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 907.1 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1975 | 790.5 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1976 | 836.5 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 975.6 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1978 | 762.2 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1979 | 789.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 946.5 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1981 | 1,185 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1982 | 804.2 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1983 | 681.7 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1984 | 566.6 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1985 | 707.6 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1986 | 721.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 796.9 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 800 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 789 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 916 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 813.6 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 505.4 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 1993 | 613.5 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1994 | 750.5 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1995 | 801.7 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 1,026 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1997 | 843.4 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1998 | 932.9 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 1,185 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2000 | 1,075 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 1,061 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 1,135 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 968.1 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2004 | 994.1 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 1,004 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 918.1 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 847 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 1,121 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2009 | 1,005 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 996.7 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,158 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 1,017 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 991.4 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,100 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 1,042 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 983.8 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 1,081 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 1,080 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,099 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,147 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 1,145 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,114 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 1,134 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 1,073 kg/ha | -5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 559.48 kg/ha | 512.2 kg/ha | 674.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 778.6 kg/ha | 568.8 kg/ha | 975.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 799.93 kg/ha | 566.6 kg/ha | 1,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 838.79 kg/ha | 505.4 kg/ha | 1,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,013 kg/ha | 847 kg/ha | 1,135 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,055 kg/ha | 983.8 kg/ha | 1,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,123 kg/ha | 1,073 kg/ha | 1,147 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Africa?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Africa was 1,073 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,185 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 505.4 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Africa rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Africa ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sunflower seed — Yield. 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.