Sunflower seed — Yield in Europe
Europe: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,857 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 1,857 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Europe peaked at 2,201 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,024 kg/ha, in 1963.
Europe ranks 9th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,130 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,112 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 1,024 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 1,308 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1965 | 1,147 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1966 | 1,276 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1967 | 1,413 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 1,399 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 1,377 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 1,285 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 1,294 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 1,207 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 1,515 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1974 | 1,376 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 1,186 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1976 | 1,190 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 1,326 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1978 | 1,241 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 1,333 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 1,185 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 1,206 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 1,350 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 1,275 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 1,331 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 1,416 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 1,550 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 1,621 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 1,604 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 1,648 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 1,494 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 1,462 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 1,320 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 1,140 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 1,116 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 1,252 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 1,137 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 1,200 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 1,122 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 1,095 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 1,177 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 1,093 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 1,249 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 1,207 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 1,260 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 1,359 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 1,382 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 1,256 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 1,516 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2009 | 1,459 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 1,393 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 1,620 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 1,477 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 1,834 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2014 | 1,764 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1,784 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1,918 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 1,892 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 2,051 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 2,201 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 1,842 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2021 | 2,068 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 1,911 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 2,088 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 1,857 kg/ha | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,243 kg/ha | 1,024 kg/ha | 1,413 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,295 kg/ha | 1,186 kg/ha | 1,515 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,419 kg/ha | 1,185 kg/ha | 1,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,234 kg/ha | 1,095 kg/ha | 1,494 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,296 kg/ha | 1,093 kg/ha | 1,516 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,793 kg/ha | 1,393 kg/ha | 2,201 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,953 kg/ha | 1,842 kg/ha | 2,088 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 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
- 9 Germany 2,611 kg/ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 796.7 kg/ha compare
- 10 Italy 2,606 kg/ha compare
- 11 Tajikistan 2,600 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovakia 2,526 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Europe?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Europe was 1,857 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,201 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,024 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Europe ranks 9th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.