Sunflower seed yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
76
Highest
3.27 tonnes per hectare
Israel
Lowest
0.4252 tonnes per hectare
Zambia
Median
1.51 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
3,674
What the numbers show
Sunflower seed yields is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 3.27 tonnes per hectare in Israel; the lowest is 0.4252 tonnes per hectare in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.51 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 1.62 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 118.8%), and the largest decrease in Israel (down 54.1%).
Sunflower seed yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel | 3.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Egypt | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 3 | China | 3.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 4 | Croatia | 2.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 2.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.68 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Hungary | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 9 | Italy | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 10 | Tajikistan | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Slovakia | 2.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 12 | Czechia | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 13 | Serbia | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 15 | Iraq | 2.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 2.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 2.29 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Turkey | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 20 | Switzerland | 2.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 21 | Ukraine | 2.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 22 | Albania | 2.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 23 | Lebanon | 2.15 tonnes per hectare | 2001 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Greece | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 25 | Canada | 2.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 27 | Slovenia | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 29 | France | 1.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 30 | Morocco | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 31 | United States | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 34 | Russia | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 35 | South Sudan | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 36 | Paraguay | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 37 | Belarus | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 74.6% | falling |
| 38 | Pakistan | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 1.52 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 40 | Brazil | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 41 | Moldova | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 118.8% | rising |
| 42 | Syria | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 44 | Bolivia | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 36.3% | flat |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 46 | Uruguay | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 48 | Romania | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 49 | South Africa | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 50 | India | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Spain | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 53 | Malawi | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 55 | Namibia | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 56 | Tanzania | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 57 | Colombia | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 1993 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 58 | Iran | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 59 | Uganda | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 61 | Taiwan | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1996 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 61 | Kenya | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 63 | Palestine | 0.9558 tonnes per hectare | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 64 | Mexico | 0.918 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 65 | Myanmar | 0.8696 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 0.8585 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 67 | Georgia | 0.8125 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 68 | Thailand | 0.8065 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 69 | Venezuela | 0.7967 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 70 | Angola | 0.7113 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 71 | Bhutan | 0.55 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 72 | Botswana | 0.5182 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 0.4668 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 74 | Algeria | 0.4507 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 75 | Sudan | 0.4484 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 76 | Mozambique | 0.4368 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 77 | Zambia | 0.4252 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 1.23 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.