Sunflower seed — Yield in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,098 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in North Macedonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
North Macedonia recorded 1,098 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 12.1% on the previous year and down 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in North Macedonia peaked at 1,884 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 678 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places North Macedonia 56th 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 North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,241 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 678 kg/ha | -45.4% |
| 1994 | 856.2 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1995 | 1,553 kg/ha | +81.4% |
| 1996 | 1,248 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1997 | 1,129 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 1,087 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 1,417 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2000 | 1,234 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2001 | 916.7 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2002 | 1,348 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 2003 | 1,263 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 1,452 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2005 | 1,330 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 1,620 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2007 | 1,021 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 2008 | 1,172 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2009 | 1,879 kg/ha | +60.4% |
| 2010 | 1,884 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,494 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2012 | 1,270 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2013 | 1,559 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2014 | 1,813 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 1,534 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 1,608 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,536 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 1,440 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 1,420 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,332 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 1,095 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2022 | 1,591 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 2023 | 1,249 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2024 | 1,098 kg/ha | -12.1% |
North Macedonia compared with similar countries
- North Macedonia's 1,098 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,667 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- North Macedonia's 1,098 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,182 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,151 kg/ha | 678 kg/ha | 1,553 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,323 kg/ha | 916.7 kg/ha | 1,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,556 kg/ha | 1,270 kg/ha | 1,884 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,273 kg/ha | 1,095 kg/ha | 1,591 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More agriculture & rural data for North Macedonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 626.97 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3711 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in North Macedonia?
- Sunflower seed — yield in North Macedonia was 1,098 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,884 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 678 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does North Macedonia rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- North Macedonia ranks 56th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.