Sunflower seed yields in Turkey
Turkey: Sunflower seed yields was 2.26 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed yields in Turkey, 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
Turkey recorded 2.26 tonnes per hectare for sunflower seed yields in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed yields in Turkey peaked at 2.84 tonnes per hectare in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.738 tonnes per hectare, in 1962.
Turkey ranks 19th of 77 countries 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 | 0.9498 tonnes per hectare | 0.738 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 0.9882 tonnes per hectare | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 1.63 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | 2.79 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.54 tonnes per hectare | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | 2.84 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More agriculture & rural data for Turkey
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 83.21 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.2% (2025)
- Rural population 9.02 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.2% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.2% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 11.38 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed yields in Turkey?
- Sunflower seed yields in Turkey was 2.26 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 2.84 tonnes per hectare in 2020.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed yields recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.738 tonnes per hectare in 1962.
- How does Turkey rank for sunflower seed yields?
- Turkey ranks 19th out of 77 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed yields rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.