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 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 2 Egypt 3,085 kg/ha compare
- 3 China 3,010 kg/ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 3,010 kg/ha compare
- 5 Croatia 2,970 kg/ha compare
- 6 Azerbaijan 2,697 kg/ha compare
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,680 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,010 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,412 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 219,568 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,144 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 52.45 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,406 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 11.91 million An (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 1.38 million t (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 29 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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About this data
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.