Sunflower seed — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Sunflower seed — Yield was 918 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Mexico, 1971–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — yield in Mexico stood at 918 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.2% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Mexico peaked at 3,638 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 129.1 kg/ha, in 1990.
Mexico ranks 64th of 76 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 528.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1972 | 923.3 kg/ha | +74.7% |
| 1973 | 818.5 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1974 | 1,302 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 1975 | 1,316 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 748.9 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 1977 | 663.6 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1978 | 619 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 1,001 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 1980 | 1,029 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 1,802 kg/ha | +75.1% |
| 1982 | 622 kg/ha | -65.5% |
| 1983 | 713.2 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1984 | 644.2 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1985 | 1,310 kg/ha | +103.4% |
| 1986 | 559.4 kg/ha | -57.3% |
| 1987 | 838.3 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 1988 | 724.2 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 491.1 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1990 | 129.1 kg/ha | -73.7% |
| 1991 | 826.9 kg/ha | +540.5% |
| 1992 | 761.9 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 832.6 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 1,762 kg/ha | +111.7% |
| 1995 | 1,774 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 898.3 kg/ha | -49.4% |
| 1997 | 1,016 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1998 | 760.2 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1999 | 1,154 kg/ha | +51.8% |
| 2000 | 700 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 2001 | 3,638 kg/ha | +419.7% |
| 2002 | 1,179 kg/ha | -67.6% |
| 2003 | 1,250 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 2,578 kg/ha | +106.2% |
| 2005 | 1,409 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 2006 | 1,017 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2007 | 2,333 kg/ha | +129.4% |
| 2008 | 1,250 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 2009 | 1,537 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2010 | 2,022 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2011 | 1,528 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2012 | 1,022 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2013 | 1,259 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2014 | 1,124 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 938.9 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2016 | 1,051 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 1,251 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2018 | 1,428 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 1,768 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2020 | 1,297 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2021 | 1,346 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 1,834 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2023 | 1,150 kg/ha | -37.3% |
| 2024 | 918 kg/ha | -20.2% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 918 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,667 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 918 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Yield in Mexico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +540.5% | 129.1 kg/ha | 826.9 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +419.7% | 700 kg/ha | 3,638 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 880.08 kg/ha | 528.5 kg/ha | 1,316 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1980s | 873.32 kg/ha | 491.1 kg/ha | 1,802 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 991.58 kg/ha | 129.1 kg/ha | 1,774 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,689 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 3,638 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,339 kg/ha | 938.9 kg/ha | 2,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,309 kg/ha | 918 kg/ha | 1,834 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Mexico?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Mexico was 918 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 3,638 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 129.1 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Mexico rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Mexico ranks 64th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.