Sunflower seed — Yield in United States of America
United States of America: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,872 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 1,872 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in United States of America peaked at 2,007 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 824 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places United States of America 7th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in United States of America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,065 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 1,110 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 824 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1965 | 952.7 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1966 | 1,009 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 1,161 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1968 | 1,135 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 1,039 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1970 | 1,011 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 1,176 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1972 | 1,015 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1973 | 1,161 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1974 | 1,103 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 1,131 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 1,089 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 1,492 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 1978 | 1,610 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 1,512 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 1,139 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1981 | 1,320 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1982 | 1,265 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 1,171 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 1,137 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 1,242 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 1,535 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1987 | 1,648 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 1,046 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 1989 | 1,104 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 1,378 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1991 | 1,515 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 1,407 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 1,160 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1994 | 1,580 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1995 | 1,334 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1996 | 1,609 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1997 | 1,476 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 1,693 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1999 | 1,414 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2000 | 1,501 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 1,500 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,268 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2003 | 1,360 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 1,343 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 1,725 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2006 | 1,357 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2007 | 1,598 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2008 | 1,601 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,742 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 1,636 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 1,567 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 1,667 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 1,547 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 1,647 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 1,821 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 1,940 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 1,796 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 1,940 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 1,749 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 2,007 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 1,714 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2022 | 1,968 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2023 | 2,003 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 1,872 kg/ha | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,033 kg/ha | 824 kg/ha | 1,161 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,230 kg/ha | 1,011 kg/ha | 1,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,261 kg/ha | 1,046 kg/ha | 1,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,457 kg/ha | 1,160 kg/ha | 1,693 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,268 kg/ha | 1,742 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,731 kg/ha | 1,547 kg/ha | 1,940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,913 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha | 2,007 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in United States of America?
- Sunflower seed — yield in United States of America was 1,872 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,007 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 824 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does United States of America rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- United States of America ranks 7th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of 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.