Sunflower seed — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Sunflower seed — Yield was 550 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Bhutan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — yield in Bhutan stood at 550 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 52.6% on the previous year and down 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Bhutan peaked at 1,812 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 322.2 kg/ha, in 2017.
Bhutan ranks 70th of 76 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 823.5 kg/ha | — |
| 2013 | 443.5 kg/ha | -46.1% |
| 2014 | 958.6 kg/ha | +116.1% |
| 2015 | 589 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 2016 | 466.7 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2017 | 322.2 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 2018 | 521.9 kg/ha | +62.0% |
| 2019 | 615 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2020 | 1,812 kg/ha | +194.7% |
| 2021 | 933.3 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 2022 | 1,271 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2023 | 1,159 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 550 kg/ha | -52.6% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 550 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,095 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 592.55 kg/ha | 322.2 kg/ha | 958.6 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 1,145 kg/ha | 550 kg/ha | 1,812 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Bhutan?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Bhutan was 550 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,812 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 322.2 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Bhutan rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 70th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.