Sunflower seed — Yield in Germany
Germany: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,611 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sunflower seed — Yield in Germany, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 2,611 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Germany peaked at 3,429 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 1,646 kg/ha, in 1994.
Germany ranks 9th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,184 kg/ha | 3,059 kg/ha | 3,429 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 2,455 kg/ha | 1,646 kg/ha | 2,931 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,228 kg/ha | 1,934 kg/ha | 2,654 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,078 kg/ha | 1,820 kg/ha | 2,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,325 kg/ha | 1,883 kg/ha | 2,611 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 6 Azerbaijan 2,697 kg/ha compare
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,680 kg/ha compare
- 8 Hungary 2,669 kg/ha compare
- 10 Italy 2,606 kg/ha compare
- 11 Tajikistan 2,600 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovakia 2,526 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 14.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Germany?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Germany was 2,611 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 3,429 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,646 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Germany rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Germany ranks 9th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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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About this data
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.