Sunflower seed — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,934 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — yield in Morocco is 1,934 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 47.1% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Morocco peaked at 1,934 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 72.8 kg/ha, in 1995.
Morocco ranks 31st of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 697 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1963 | 844.7 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1965 | 400 kg/ha | -60.0% |
| 1966 | 277.8 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1967 | 236.8 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1968 | 440.7 kg/ha | +86.1% |
| 1969 | 167.6 kg/ha | -62.0% |
| 1970 | 891.7 kg/ha | +432.0% |
| 1971 | 820.7 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1972 | 691.6 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1973 | 895.6 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1974 | 770.1 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1975 | 667.4 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1976 | 681.6 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 388.4 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1978 | 1,021 kg/ha | +162.9% |
| 1979 | 1,177 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1980 | 680 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1981 | 585 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 479.3 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1983 | 804.1 kg/ha | +67.8% |
| 1984 | 648.5 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1985 | 693.1 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 892 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1987 | 1,171 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1988 | 1,419 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1989 | 857.7 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 1990 | 995 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 631.8 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 1992 | 744 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1993 | 193.9 kg/ha | -73.9% |
| 1994 | 709 kg/ha | +265.7% |
| 1995 | 72.8 kg/ha | -89.7% |
| 1996 | 561.7 kg/ha | +671.6% |
| 1997 | 710 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1998 | 607.3 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1999 | 431.5 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2000 | 476.2 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 478.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 670.3 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 2003 | 875.7 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2004 | 786.3 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 349.6 kg/ha | -55.5% |
| 2006 | 847.9 kg/ha | +142.5% |
| 2007 | 920.8 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 1,267 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 2009 | 1,169 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 957.1 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2011 | 1,316 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2012 | 1,519 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 1,117 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2014 | 1,310 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2015 | 1,418 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 794.8 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 2017 | 1,258 kg/ha | +58.2% |
| 2018 | 1,732 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 2019 | 1,326 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 2020 | 1,210 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 1,511 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2022 | 1,146 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2023 | 1,314 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2024 | 1,934 kg/ha | +47.1% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 1,934 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,095 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 1,934 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,753 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Yield in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +671.6% | 72.8 kg/ha | 561.7 kg/ha |
| 1970 | +432.0% | 167.6 kg/ha | 891.7 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +265.7% | 193.9 kg/ha | 709 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 507.18 kg/ha | 167.6 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 800.49 kg/ha | 388.4 kg/ha | 1,177 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 822.91 kg/ha | 479.3 kg/ha | 1,419 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 565.7 kg/ha | 72.8 kg/ha | 995 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 784.12 kg/ha | 349.6 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,275 kg/ha | 794.8 kg/ha | 1,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,423 kg/ha | 1,146 kg/ha | 1,934 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 28 Yugoslav SFR 2,100 kg/ha compare
- 29 Portugal 2,066 kg/ha compare
- 30 France 1,963 kg/ha compare
- 32 Czechoslovakia 1,855 kg/ha compare
- 33 Ecuador 1,789 kg/ha compare
- 34 Serbia and Montenegro 1,773 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Morocco?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Morocco was 1,934 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1,934 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.8 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Morocco rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Morocco ranks 31st out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.