Sunflower seed — Yield in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,460 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Kazakhstan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kazakhstan recorded 1,460 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 33.1% on the previous year and up 118.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Kazakhstan peaked at 1,460 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 221.7 kg/ha, in 1996.
That places Kazakhstan 44th out of 76 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 376.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 344.7 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 375.8 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 312.5 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1996 | 221.7 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1997 | 284.9 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1998 | 419.7 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 1999 | 489 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2000 | 399.8 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2001 | 599.2 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 2002 | 593.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 678.8 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 594.9 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 633.6 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 591.4 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 588.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 409.3 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 2009 | 568.8 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2010 | 441.8 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2011 | 463.7 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 586.7 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2013 | 696.3 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2014 | 667 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 761.5 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 934.8 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2017 | 1,023 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 997.8 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 1,029 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 1,126 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 1,098 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 1,196 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 1,097 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 1,460 kg/ha | +33.1% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 1,460 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,667 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 1,460 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,182 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 353.1 kg/ha | 221.7 kg/ha | 489 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 565.81 kg/ha | 399.8 kg/ha | 678.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 760.09 kg/ha | 441.8 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,195 kg/ha | 1,097 kg/ha | 1,460 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
- 41 Australia 1,517 kg/ha compare
- 41 Australia and New Zealand 1,517 kg/ha compare
- 43 Brazil 1,511 kg/ha compare
- 45 Sudan (former) 1,433 kg/ha compare
- 46 Kyrgyzstan 1,364 kg/ha compare
- 47 Uruguay 1,250 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kazakhstan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0374 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 550.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3844 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3761 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Kazakhstan?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Kazakhstan was 1,460 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,460 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 221.7 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Kazakhstan ranks 44th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 118.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.