Sunflower seed — Yield in Austria
Austria: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,383 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — yield in Austria is 2,383 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.5% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Austria peaked at 3,294 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,571 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Austria 17th out of 76 countries 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 Austria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,928 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,676 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1963 | 1,571 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1964 | 1,706 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 1,768 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 2,190 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1967 | 1,934 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1968 | 2,236 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1969 | 1,954 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1970 | 2,000 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 1,997 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,984 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 1,978 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 2,129 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 2,207 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 2,300 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 2,602 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1978 | 2,420 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1979 | 2,430 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 2,242 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 2,299 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 2,621 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 2,342 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 2,143 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 2,081 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 2,376 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1987 | 2,725 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1988 | 2,811 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 3,155 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1990 | 2,468 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1991 | 3,025 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1992 | 2,337 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1993 | 2,743 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1994 | 2,340 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1995 | 2,142 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 2,300 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 2,200 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 2,573 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1999 | 2,642 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 2,461 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 2,487 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 2,735 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 2,758 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 2,688 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 2,677 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,444 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 2,251 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 2,974 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2009 | 2,745 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 2,617 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 2,830 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 2,271 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2013 | 2,352 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 2,811 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2015 | 1,997 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2016 | 3,294 kg/ha | +65.0% |
| 2017 | 2,334 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 2018 | 2,836 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2019 | 3,037 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 2,419 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2021 | 3,048 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2022 | 2,347 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2023 | 2,722 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2024 | 2,383 kg/ha | -12.5% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 2,383 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,163 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Austria's 2,383 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,182 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,885 kg/ha | 1,571 kg/ha | 2,236 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,205 kg/ha | 1,978 kg/ha | 2,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,479 kg/ha | 2,081 kg/ha | 3,155 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,477 kg/ha | 2,142 kg/ha | 3,025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,622 kg/ha | 2,251 kg/ha | 2,974 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,638 kg/ha | 1,997 kg/ha | 3,294 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,584 kg/ha | 2,347 kg/ha | 3,048 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 14 Serbia 2,504 kg/ha compare
- 15 Luxembourg 2,393 kg/ha compare
- 16 Iraq 2,384 kg/ha compare
- 18 Poland 2,343 kg/ha compare
- 19 Uzbekistan 2,289 kg/ha compare
- 20 Switzerland 2,182 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Austria?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Austria was 2,383 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 3,294 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,571 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Austria rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Austria ranks 17th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria 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.