Sunflower seed — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Sunflower seed — Yield was 974.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 974.5 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 7.6% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1,054 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 512.7 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 607.21 kg/ha | 553 kg/ha | 660.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 625.98 kg/ha | 512.7 kg/ha | 781.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 691.17 kg/ha | 545.9 kg/ha | 773.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 632.31 kg/ha | 542.1 kg/ha | 720.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 728.91 kg/ha | 520.4 kg/ha | 860.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 949.09 kg/ha | 873.2 kg/ha | 1,015 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,023 kg/ha | 974.5 kg/ha | 1,054 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 974.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,054 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 512.7 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.