Sunflower seed — Yield in Americas
Americas: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,004 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — yield in Americas stood at 2,004 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Americas peaked at 2,004 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 636.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 5th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 636.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 717.3 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1963 | 756.9 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 737.4 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 725.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 861.6 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1967 | 878.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 937 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 758.1 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1970 | 830 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 750.7 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1972 | 808.2 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 782.6 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 851.1 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 850.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 905.2 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 1,042 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1978 | 1,080 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 1,253 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1980 | 991.3 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 1,149 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1982 | 1,207 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 1,209 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 1,105 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1985 | 1,362 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1986 | 1,373 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 1,361 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 1,301 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 1,327 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 1,408 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1991 | 1,658 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1992 | 1,401 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1993 | 1,329 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 1,744 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1995 | 1,732 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,667 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 1,675 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,640 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 1,637 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 1,648 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,574 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 1,654 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 1,504 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 1,575 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 1,763 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 1,619 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 1,520 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 1,724 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 1,412 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2010 | 1,512 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 1,854 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2012 | 1,743 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 1,724 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,570 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 1,975 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2016 | 1,945 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 1,857 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 1,999 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 1,930 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 1,978 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 1,884 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 1,994 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 1,971 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 2,004 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 778.77 kg/ha | 636.9 kg/ha | 937 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 915.35 kg/ha | 750.7 kg/ha | 1,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,239 kg/ha | 991.3 kg/ha | 1,373 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,589 kg/ha | 1,329 kg/ha | 1,744 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,599 kg/ha | 1,412 kg/ha | 1,763 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,811 kg/ha | 1,512 kg/ha | 1,999 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,966 kg/ha | 1,884 kg/ha | 2,004 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 2 Egypt 3,085 kg/ha compare
- 3 China 3,010 kg/ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 3,010 kg/ha compare
- 3 Republic of Moldova 1,485 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 1,460 kg/ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,395 kg/ha compare
- 5 Croatia 2,970 kg/ha compare
- 6 Azerbaijan 2,697 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1,091 kg/ha compare
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,680 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,048 kg/ha compare
- 8 Hungary 2,669 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Americas?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Americas was 2,004 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 2,004 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 636.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Americas ranks 5th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas 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.