Sunflower seed — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,089 kg/ha in 1993. ▼ Falling
Sunflower seed — Yield in Colombia, 1986–1993
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — yield in Colombia is 1,089 kg/ha, measured in 1993. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.2% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
That places Colombia 58th out of 76 countries with data for 1993, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1987 | 1,368 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 1,593 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1989 | 1,518 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 1,411 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 1,336 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 1,315 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 1,089 kg/ha | -17.2% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 1,089 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,667 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 1,089 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,453 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,593 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 1,288 kg/ha | 1,089 kg/ha | 1,411 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 55 Malawi 1,100 kg/ha compare
- 56 North Macedonia 1,098 kg/ha
- 57 Namibia 1,095 kg/ha compare
- 59 Uganda 1,018 kg/ha compare
- 60 Afghanistan 1,012 kg/ha compare
- 61 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 61 Kenya 1,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Colombia?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Colombia was 1,089 kg/ha in 1993, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,593 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,089 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Colombia rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Colombia ranks 58th out of 76 countries with data for 1993.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia 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.