Sunflower seed — Yield in Italy
Italy: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,606 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — yield in Italy stood at 2,606 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Italy peaked at 2,606 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,478 kg/ha, in 1962.
Italy ranks 10th of 76 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,940 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,478 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1963 | 1,714 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1964 | 2,017 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1965 | 1,490 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1966 | 1,892 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1967 | 1,789 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1968 | 1,938 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1969 | 2,257 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1970 | 2,013 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1971 | 1,941 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 1,971 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 1,754 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1974 | 1,830 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 1,713 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 2,052 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1977 | 1,592 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1978 | 1,774 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 2,141 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1980 | 1,809 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1981 | 2,007 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1982 | 1,735 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1983 | 1,863 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 1,822 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 2,268 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1986 | 2,375 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 2,206 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 2,281 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 2,510 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 2,335 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 2,432 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 2,335 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 2,291 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 2,334 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 2,316 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 2,132 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 2,121 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 2,001 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 2,144 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 2,123 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 1,973 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 2,100 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 1,574 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 2,210 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 2005 | 2,228 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 2,131 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 2,208 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 2,279 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 2,263 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 2,118 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 2,324 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 1,661 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 2013 | 2,235 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 2014 | 2,249 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 2,167 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 2,424 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 2,129 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2018 | 2,411 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2019 | 2,487 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 2,443 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 2,414 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 2,401 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,510 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 2,606 kg/ha | +3.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 2,606 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,163 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Italy's 2,606 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,182 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,835 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha | 2,257 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,878 kg/ha | 1,592 kg/ha | 2,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,088 kg/ha | 1,735 kg/ha | 2,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,244 kg/ha | 2,001 kg/ha | 2,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,109 kg/ha | 1,574 kg/ha | 2,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,220 kg/ha | 1,661 kg/ha | 2,487 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,474 kg/ha | 2,401 kg/ha | 2,606 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 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
- 11 Tajikistan 2,600 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovakia 2,526 kg/ha compare
- 13 Czechia 2,504 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Italy?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Italy was 2,606 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 2,606 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,478 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Italy rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Italy ranks 10th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.