Sunflower seed — Yield in South America
South America: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,023 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — yield in South America stood at 2,023 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in South America peaked at 2,051 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 629.1 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places South America 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 771.81 kg/ha | 629.1 kg/ha | 928.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 778.29 kg/ha | 704.3 kg/ha | 909.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,211 kg/ha | 866.4 kg/ha | 1,422 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,648 kg/ha | 1,401 kg/ha | 1,907 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,636 kg/ha | 1,304 kg/ha | 1,799 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,834 kg/ha | 1,470 kg/ha | 2,051 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,974 kg/ha | 1,929 kg/ha | 2,023 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
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- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,346 kg/An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 68.28 million An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production 16.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in South America?
- Sunflower seed — yield in South America was 2,023 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,051 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 629.1 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- South America ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.