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Area & Production of Sunflower in the world during 2009 |
| S.No. |
Country |
Production in
Tonnes |
Area in Hectares |
%age Change |
| 1 |
Russia |
6454320 |
5597900 |
19.93 |
| 2 |
Ukraine |
6360600 |
4193000 |
19.64 |
| 3 |
Argentina |
2483440 |
1820030 |
7.67 |
| 4 |
China |
1955640 |
958730 |
6.04 |
| 5 |
France |
1713290 |
724848 |
5.29 |
| 6 |
USA |
1377130 |
790562 |
4.25 |
| 7 |
Bulgaria |
1317980 |
683711 |
4.07 |
| 8 |
Hungary |
1256190 |
535090 |
3.88 |
| 9 |
Romania |
1098050 |
761093 |
3.39 |
| 10 |
Turkey |
1057130 |
583979 |
3.26 |
| 11 |
India |
900000 |
1480000 |
2.78 |
| 12 |
Spain |
876400 |
851600 |
2.71 |
| 13 |
South Africa |
801000 |
635800 |
2.47 |
| 14 |
Myanmar |
767000 |
840000 |
2.37 |
| 15 |
Pakistan |
420487 |
319743 |
1.30 |
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Total of Top 15 Countries |
28838657 |
20776086 |
89.03 |
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Total of other 55 countries |
3553117 |
2940749 |
10.97 |
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World total |
32391774 |
23716835 |
100.00 |
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Source: FAO 2009 |
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