Sunflower seed — Yield in Spain
Spain: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,102 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 1,102 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Spain peaked at 1,390 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 434.2 kg/ha, in 1963.
Spain ranks 54th 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 584.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 436.5 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1963 | 434.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 861.9 kg/ha | +98.5% |
| 1965 | 780.2 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1966 | 840.2 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 795.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 790.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 775 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 955.4 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1971 | 743.7 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1972 | 705.3 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 704.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 649.5 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 525.1 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1976 | 615.7 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1977 | 711.8 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1978 | 804.8 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1979 | 790.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 1,002 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1981 | 510 kg/ha | -49.1% |
| 1982 | 907.6 kg/ha | +78.0% |
| 1983 | 809.5 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 1,092 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1985 | 925.9 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1986 | 928.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1,012 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 1,208 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1989 | 947.3 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1990 | 1,093 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 958.7 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1992 | 922.3 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 611.5 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1994 | 722.1 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1995 | 528.6 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1996 | 1,072 kg/ha | +102.9% |
| 1997 | 1,279 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1998 | 1,136 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 757.3 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2000 | 1,096 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 2001 | 1,011 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 1,023 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 969.1 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 1,091 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 738.7 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 2006 | 1,064 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 2007 | 1,220 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2008 | 1,194 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 1,022 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 1,271 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2011 | 1,263 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 852.6 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2013 | 1,212 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 2014 | 1,216 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,041 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2016 | 1,076 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 1,162 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 1,390 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2019 | 1,115 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2020 | 1,373 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2021 | 1,217 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2022 | 945.9 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2023 | 1,087 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2024 | 1,102 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 1,102 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,163 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Spain's 1,102 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,182 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 699.91 kg/ha | 434.2 kg/ha | 861.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 720.64 kg/ha | 525.1 kg/ha | 955.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 934.29 kg/ha | 510 kg/ha | 1,208 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 908.09 kg/ha | 528.6 kg/ha | 1,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,043 kg/ha | 738.7 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,160 kg/ha | 852.6 kg/ha | 1,390 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,145 kg/ha | 945.9 kg/ha | 1,373 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Spain?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Spain was 1,102 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1,390 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 434.2 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Spain rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Spain ranks 54th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.