Sunflower seed — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,018 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — yield in Uganda is 1,018 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 37.8% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Uganda peaked at 1,638 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 285.7 kg/ha, in 1961.
Uganda ranks 59th of 76 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 285.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 321.4 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 339 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 339 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 366.7 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 400 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 433.3 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 433.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 414.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 405.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 399.5 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 410.3 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 392.9 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 390.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 397.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 395.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 402.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 447.1 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1980 | 447.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 453.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 444.4 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 457.4 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 457.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 457.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 400 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 819 kg/ha | +104.8% |
| 1991 | 819 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 819 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 830.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 830.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 841.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 841.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 851.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 863.6 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 902.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 1,000 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 1,269 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2002 | 1,000 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2003 | 1,103 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 1,100 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,047 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 998.3 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 1,098 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 1,200 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 1,332 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 1,199 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 1,000 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2013 | 999.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 990.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 978.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 948.9 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 949.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,001 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 1,446 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 2020 | 1,418 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 1,445 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,485 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 1,638 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 1,018 kg/ha | -37.8% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1,018 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,018 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1,018 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Yield in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +104.8% | 400 kg/ha | 819 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +44.4% | 1,001 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha |
| 2024 | -37.8% | 1,638 kg/ha | 1,018 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +26.9% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,269 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 368.71 kg/ha | 285.7 kg/ha | 433.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 405.58 kg/ha | 390.8 kg/ha | 447.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 431.72 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 457.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 841.79 kg/ha | 819 kg/ha | 902.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,092 kg/ha | 998.3 kg/ha | 1,269 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,085 kg/ha | 948.9 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,401 kg/ha | 1,018 kg/ha | 1,638 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 56 North Macedonia 1,098 kg/ha compare
- 57 Namibia 1,095 kg/ha compare
- 58 Colombia 1,089 kg/ha compare
- 60 Afghanistan 1,012 kg/ha compare
- 61 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 61 Kenya 1,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Uganda?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Uganda was 1,018 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,638 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 285.7 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Uganda ranks 59th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.