Sunflower seed — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,258 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia is 2,258 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Western Asia peaked at 2,813 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 741.6 kg/ha, in 1962.
Western Asia ranks 2nd of 25 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 823.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 741.6 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 921.2 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1964 | 1,023 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 992.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 916.7 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1967 | 1,061 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1968 | 955.1 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1969 | 1,077 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1970 | 1,032 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 1,164 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1972 | 1,126 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 1,147 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 989.2 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1975 | 1,159 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1976 | 1,232 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 1,210 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 1,171 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 1,308 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1980 | 1,297 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 1,142 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1982 | 1,133 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,296 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1984 | 1,248 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 1,243 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 1,351 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 1,403 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 1,502 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 1,598 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 1,193 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1991 | 1,411 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1992 | 1,508 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 1,362 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 1,251 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1995 | 1,460 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 1,307 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1997 | 1,572 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1998 | 1,417 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1999 | 1,498 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 1,459 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 1,270 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2002 | 1,499 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2003 | 1,418 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 1,586 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 1,661 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 1,859 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 1,537 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2008 | 1,677 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 1,802 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 2,033 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 2,008 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 2,222 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 2,443 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 2,489 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,434 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 2,322 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 2,497 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 2,637 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 2,769 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 2,813 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 2,668 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 2,587 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 2,302 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2024 | 2,258 kg/ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 945.89 kg/ha | 741.6 kg/ha | 1,077 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,154 kg/ha | 989.2 kg/ha | 1,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,321 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha | 1,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,398 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 1,572 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,577 kg/ha | 1,270 kg/ha | 1,859 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,386 kg/ha | 2,008 kg/ha | 2,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,526 kg/ha | 2,258 kg/ha | 2,813 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 1 Israel 3,273 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 2,260 kg/ha compare
- 2 Egypt 3,085 kg/ha compare
- 3 China 3,010 kg/ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 3,010 kg/ha compare
- 3 Republic of Moldova 1,485 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 1,460 kg/ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,395 kg/ha compare
- 5 Croatia 2,970 kg/ha compare
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Western Asia?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Western Asia was 2,258 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,813 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 741.6 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 2nd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.