Sunflower seed — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,015 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 2,015 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 19.8% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Western Europe peaked at 2,737 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,273 kg/ha, in 1976.
Western Europe ranks 4th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,722 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,616 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 1,353 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1964 | 1,442 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 1,535 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 1,777 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1967 | 1,592 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1968 | 1,856 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1969 | 1,794 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 1,780 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 1,759 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 1,533 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1973 | 2,046 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 1974 | 1,663 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1975 | 1,496 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 1,273 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1977 | 1,818 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1978 | 2,117 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1979 | 2,152 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 2,384 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 2,518 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 2,221 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1983 | 1,933 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 1,940 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 2,371 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1986 | 2,085 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1987 | 2,545 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1988 | 2,482 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 2,365 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 2,146 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1991 | 2,470 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1992 | 2,185 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 2,163 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 2,024 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 2,068 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 2,248 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 2,288 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 2,216 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 2,353 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 2,516 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 2,247 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 2,429 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 2,193 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 2,375 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 2,362 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 2,232 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 2,517 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 2,536 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 2,391 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 2,357 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 2,532 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 2,316 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 2,057 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 2,419 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2015 | 1,922 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2016 | 2,221 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 2,702 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2018 | 2,256 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2019 | 2,180 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 2,080 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 2,737 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2022 | 2,059 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 2023 | 2,512 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2024 | 2,015 kg/ha | -19.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,632 kg/ha | 1,353 kg/ha | 1,856 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,764 kg/ha | 1,273 kg/ha | 2,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,284 kg/ha | 1,933 kg/ha | 2,545 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,216 kg/ha | 2,024 kg/ha | 2,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,380 kg/ha | 2,193 kg/ha | 2,536 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,296 kg/ha | 1,922 kg/ha | 2,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,280 kg/ha | 2,015 kg/ha | 2,737 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 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
- 6 Azerbaijan 2,697 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1,091 kg/ha compare
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,680 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,048 kg/ha compare
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- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -6.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — yield in Western Europe?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Western Europe was 2,015 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,737 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,273 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Western Europe rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.