Sunflower seed yields in Tanzania
Tanzania: Sunflower seed yields was 1.09 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed yields in Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 1.09 tonnes per hectare for sunflower seed yields in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed yields in Tanzania peaked at 1.09 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2547 tonnes per hectare, in 1965.
Tanzania ranks 56th of 77 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3298 tonnes per hectare | 0.2547 tonnes per hectare | 0.4274 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4556 tonnes per hectare | 0.4 tonnes per hectare | 0.5427 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5014 tonnes per hectare | 0.2669 tonnes per hectare | 0.5985 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4998 tonnes per hectare | 0.3613 tonnes per hectare | 0.6667 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.679 tonnes per hectare | 0.6429 tonnes per hectare | 0.7841 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9821 tonnes per hectare | 0.7256 tonnes per hectare | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Tanzania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Rural population 44.53 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 63.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 6.52 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed yields in Tanzania?
- Sunflower seed yields in Tanzania was 1.09 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sunflower seed yields recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed yields recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2547 tonnes per hectare in 1965.
- How does Tanzania rank for sunflower seed yields?
- Tanzania ranks 56th out of 77 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed yields rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sunflower seed yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.