Global Sunflower Seed Production Ranking
Sunflower Seed Production by Country (t) 1961 - 2023
Summary
In 2023, Russian Federation led with 18.6M t, ahead of Ukraine at 12.8M t.
Russian Federation alone accounted for 31.9% of the 2023 total.
Kazakhstan grew the fastest since 2013, up 115.9%.
Full Rankings
Complete dataset - 2023
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY | Share % | Δ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eastern Europe |  Russian FederationRUS | 18.6M | +13.7% | 31.9% | — |
| 2#2Eastern Europe |  UkraineUKR | 12.8M | +12.6% | 21.9% | — |
| 3Latin Am. & Caribbean |  ArgentinaARG | 5M | +23.9% | 8.6% | — |
| 4Middle East & C. Asia |  TürkiyeTUR | 2.2M | -13.8% | 3.8% | — |
| 5East Asia |  ChinaCHN | 2.1M | +22.8% | 3.7% | +3 |
| 6Western Europe |  FranceFRA | 2.1M | +14.6% | 3.5% | +1 |
| 7#3Eastern Europe |  RomaniaROU | 2M | -4.3% | 3.5% | -1 |
| 8 |  HungaryHUN | 2M | +53.2% | 3.4% | +2 |
| 9 |  BulgariaBGR | 1.8M | -16.7% | 3.1% | -4 |
| 10#2Middle East & C. Asia |  KazakhstanKAZ | 1.2M | -5.2% | 2.1% | -1 |
| 11Sub-Saharan Afr. |  Tanzania, United Republic ofTZA | 1.2M | +1.7% | 2.0% | +1 |
| 12North America |  United StatesUSA | 1M | -19.6% | 1.8% | -1 |
| 13#2Western Europe |  SpainESP | 849.4K | +2.4% | 1.5% | +1 |
| 14 |  Moldova, Republic ofMDA | 758.3K | +20.9% | 1.3% | +2 |
| 15#2Sub-Saharan Afr. |  South AfricaRSA | 720K | -14.8% | 1.2% | -2 |
| 16Southern Europe |  SerbiaSRB | 686.3K | +6.7% | 1.2% | -1 |
| 17#3Sub-Saharan Afr. |  UgandaUGA | 470K | +11.8% | 0.8% | — |
| 18#3Western Europe |  ItalyITA | 307.3K | +15.5% | 0.5% | +1 |
| 19South Asia |  IndiaIND | 219K | -36.2% | 0.4% | -1 |
| 20Southeast Asia |  MyanmarMMR | 207K | +1.0% | 0.4% | +2 |
| 21#2Latin Am. & Caribbean |  Bolivia, Plurinational State ofBOL | 180.5K | -14.2% | 0.3% | — |
| 22 |  SlovakiaSVK | 173.5K | +0.6% | 0.3% | +1 |
| 23 |  GermanyGER | 170.1K | +5.5% | 0.3% | +1 |
| 24#2Southern Europe |  CroatiaHRV | 157.6K | +3.1% | 0.3% | +1 |
| 25#3Southern Europe |  GreeceGRE | 157.2K | -31.2% | 0.3% | -5 |
| 26#2South Asia |  PakistanPAK | 133.2K | +59.2% | 0.2% | +1 |
| 27North Africa |  EgyptEGY | 106.6K | +79.1% | 0.2% | +7 |
| 28#2North America |  CanadaCAN | 92.5K | +10.0% | 0.2% | -2 |
| 29 |  ZambiaZMB | 91.6K | +14.3% | 0.2% | -1 |
| 30#3Latin Am. & Caribbean |  BrazilBRA | 87.1K | +44.7% | 0.1% | +2 |
| 31 |  AustriaAUT | 65.5K | +15.0% | 0.1% | +4 |
| 32#3Middle East & C. Asia |  Iran, Islamic Republic ofIRI | 65K | +1.6% | 0.1% | -2 |
| 33 |  PolandPOL | 57.7K | -6.7% | 0.1% | -2 |
| 34#2North Africa |  South SudanSSD | 52.6K | +0.2% | 0.1% | +2 |
| 35 |  CzechiaCZE | 49.3K | -17.4% | 0.1% | -2 |
| 36#3North Africa |  SudanSDN | 40K | -48.4% | 0.1% | -7 |
| 37 |  ZimbabweZWE | 38.1K | +297.4% | 0.1% | +12 |
| 38 |  ParaguayPRY | 38K | +534.5% | 0.1% | +17 |
| 39Oceania |  AustraliaAUS | 37K | +24.3% | 0.1% | — |
| 40 |  MoroccoMAR | 32.6K | +7.1% | 0.1% | -2 |
| 41 |  AzerbaijanAZE | 28.2K | -0.5% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 42 |  UzbekistanUZB | 28.1K | -33.3% | 0.0% | -5 |
| 43#2Southeast Asia |  ThailandTHA | 27K | 0.0% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 44 |  SwitzerlandSUI | 17.9K | +25.9% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 45 |  MalawiMWI | 15.7K | -24.9% | 0.0% | -3 |
| 46 |  Syrian Arab RepublicSYR | 14.8K | +72.4% | 0.0% | +4 |
| 47 |  TajikistanTJK | 14K | +7.7% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 48 |  AngolaAGO | 12.3K | +0.5% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 49 |  UruguayURY | 10.5K | -24.6% | 0.0% | -5 |
| 50 |  BotswanaBWA | 10K | +2,307.9% | 0.0% | +19 |
| 51 |  MozambiqueMOZ | 9.4K | +61.3% | 0.0% | +5 |
| 52 |  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofVEN | 8.9K | +20.4% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 53 |  PortugalPOR | 8.7K | -27.4% | 0.0% | -6 |
| 54 |  TunisiaTUN | 6.4K | -0.3% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 55 |  EthiopiaETH | 6.4K | +23.3% | 0.0% | +2 |
| 56 |  KenyaKEN | 6K | 0.0% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 57 |  North MacedoniaMKD | 6K | -39.5% | 0.0% | -9 |
| 58 |  KyrgyzstanKGZ | 5.4K | -13.6% | 0.0% | -5 |
| 59#3North America |  MexicoMEX | 5K | +6.4% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 60 |  ChileCHL | 4.7K | +56.3% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 61 |  BelarusBLR | 3K | +50.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 62 |  GeorgiaGEO | 2.6K | -7.1% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 63 |  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH | 1.7K | +10.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 64 |  IsraelISR | 1.6K | -20.0% | 0.0% | -3 |
| 65 |  SloveniaSLO | 1.2K | 0.0% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 66#3South Asia |  AfghanistanAFG | 1K | +40.1% | 0.0% | — |
| 67 |  AlbaniaALB | 770 | -2.4% | 0.0% | -2 |
| 68 |  LuxembourgLUX | 440 | -29.0% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 69 |  IraqIRQ | 267 | -56.9% | 0.0% | -1 |
| 70 |  EcuadorECU | 230.6 | -0.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 71 |  AlgeriaDZA | 88.4 | -0.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 72 |  NamibiaNAM | 69.2 | -0.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 73 |  Puerto RicoPUR | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 74 |  BhutanBTN | 3.3 | +93.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 75 |  CyprusCYP | 0 | — | 0.0% | +1 |
| 75 |  DenmarkDEN | 0 | — | 0.0% | +1 |
| 75 |  EstoniaEST | 0 | — | 0.0% | +1 |
| 75 |  FinlandFIN | 0 | — | 0.0% | +1 |
| 75 |  LatviaLAT | 0 | — | 0.0% | +1 |
| 75 |  MaltaMLT | 0 | — | 0.0% | +1 |
Data Source & License
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Data is retrieved from the original source and formatted by Data Race.
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