Sunflower seed — Yield in Sudan
Sudan: Sunflower seed — Yield was 448.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sunflower seed — Yield in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 448.4 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 46.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Sudan peaked at 920.4 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 448.4 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Sudan 74th out of 76 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Sudan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 920.4 kg/ha | — |
| 2013 | 812.5 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 838.8 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 757.6 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 711.8 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 757.4 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 519.5 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 2019 | 518.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 518.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 900.5 kg/ha | +73.8% |
| 2022 | 611.7 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2023 | 518.1 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2024 | 448.4 kg/ha | -13.5% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 448.4 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,018 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 448.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Yield in Sudan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +73.8% | 518.2 kg/ha | 900.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 729.61 kg/ha | 518.9 kg/ha | 920.4 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 599.38 kg/ha | 448.4 kg/ha | 900.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Sudan?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Sudan was 448.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 920.4 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 448.4 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Sudan rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Sudan ranks 74th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan 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.