Sunflower seed — Yield in China
China: Sunflower seed — Yield was 3,010 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in China, 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 China is 3,010 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in China peaked at 3,061 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 822.8 kg/ha, in 1972.
China ranks 3rd of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,079 kg/ha | 868.4 kg/ha | 1,245 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 878.71 kg/ha | 822.8 kg/ha | 988.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,428 kg/ha | 1,079 kg/ha | 1,829 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,745 kg/ha | 1,561 kg/ha | 2,060 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,717 kg/ha | 1,455 kg/ha | 2,040 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,625 kg/ha | 2,335 kg/ha | 2,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,928 kg/ha | 2,794 kg/ha | 3,061 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Israel 3,273 kg/ha compare
- 2 Egypt 3,085 kg/ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 3,010 kg/ha compare
- 5 Croatia 2,970 kg/ha compare
- 6 Azerbaijan 2,697 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in China?
- Sunflower seed — yield in China was 3,010 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 3,061 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 822.8 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does China rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- China ranks 3rd out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.