Sunflower seed — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,206 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sunflower seed — Yield in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 1,206 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 1,514 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 383.9 kg/ha, in 1988.
Southern Asia ranks 16th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,394 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,470 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 1,457 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 1,434 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 1,448 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 1,514 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 1,471 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 1,254 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1969 | 887.9 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1970 | 742.2 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1971 | 712.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 723.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 729.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 694.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 679.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 554.8 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1977 | 550.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 578 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 613.2 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 637.6 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 608.9 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 530.7 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 459.1 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1984 | 551.5 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1985 | 426.4 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1986 | 445.2 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 414.3 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 383.9 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 558.2 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 1990 | 556.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 501.3 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1992 | 651.8 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1993 | 526.6 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1994 | 635.4 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1995 | 641.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 643.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 685.9 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 555.6 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1999 | 669.4 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2000 | 679.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 676.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 638.2 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 601.4 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 567.8 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 639.9 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 667.6 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 736.5 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 891.8 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2009 | 715.6 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2010 | 795.1 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 863.6 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 848.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 800.5 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 849.5 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 793.4 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 737.4 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 826.4 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 1,009 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2019 | 947.8 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 1,118 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 1,068 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 1,051 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,186 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2024 | 1,206 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,370 kg/ha | 887.9 kg/ha | 1,514 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 657.85 kg/ha | 550.1 kg/ha | 742.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 501.58 kg/ha | 383.9 kg/ha | 637.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 606.66 kg/ha | 501.3 kg/ha | 685.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 681.5 kg/ha | 567.8 kg/ha | 891.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 847.06 kg/ha | 737.4 kg/ha | 1,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,126 kg/ha | 1,051 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Southern Asia?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Southern Asia was 1,206 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,514 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 383.9 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 16th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.