Oil of sesame seed — Production by country
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area...
What the numbers show
Oil of sesame seed — Production is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 289,306 t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Czechoslovakia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,277 t, and the mean is 22,608 t.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 21,366.8%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 100.0%).
Oil of sesame seed — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 289,306 t | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 275,800 t | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 3 | India | 264,000 t | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 4 | Myanmar | 148,500 t | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Türkiye | 40,200 t | 2023 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Sudan (former) | 69,300 t | 2009 | up 166.5% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 54,915 t | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 48,602 t | 2023 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 44,820 t | 2023 | up 479.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Uganda | 32,300 t | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 27,543 t | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 27,200 t | 2023 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 12 | South Sudan | 26,700 t | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 13 | Sudan | 26,300 t | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Korea | 15,300 t | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Mozambique | 15,277 t | 2023 | up 155.9% | volatile |
| 16 | China, Taiwan Province of | 13,506 t | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Germany | 12,436 t | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Pakistan | 12,142 t | 2023 | up 295.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Chad | 9,146 t | 2023 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Lebanon | 8,228 t | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Jordan | 8,073 t | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Yemen | 6,715 t | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 23 | Greece | 6,107 t | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 5,996 t | 2023 | up 61.8% | falling |
| 25 | Thailand | 4,800 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Malaysia | 4,175 t | 2023 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Poland | 3,800 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 28 | France | 3,585 t | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 29 | USSR | 3,034 t | 1991 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 30 | Italy | 3,000 t | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Australia | 2,474 t | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,474 t | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Mali | 2,365 t | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,189 t | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Ethiopia PDR | 1,920 t | 1992 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Iraq | 1,600 t | 2023 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Guatemala | 1,368 t | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Somalia | 1,306 t | 2023 | up 141.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Palestine | 1,207 t | 2022 | up 1,719.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 1,198 t | 2023 | up 21,366.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Singapore | 1,000 t | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 908.61 t | 2023 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 708.41 t | 2023 | up 339.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Eritrea | 630 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 45 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 629.8 t | 1999 | up 370.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Belgium | 590.34 t | 2023 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 47 | Denmark | 552.57 t | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 544.71 t | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 500.39 t | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 390.63 t | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 354.47 t | 2023 | up 131.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Czechia | 332.3 t | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 53 | Yugoslav SFR | 328.26 t | 1991 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 54 | Tunisia | 268.21 t | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Portugal | 226.94 t | 2023 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 167.26 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 94 t | 2009 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 58 | Slovenia | 70.41 t | 2023 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Ukraine | 43.05 t | 2023 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 60 | Russian Federation | 36.99 t | 2023 | up 50.7% | flat |
| 61 | El Salvador | 24.3 t | 2023 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Cyprus | 12.73 t | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 1 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Finland | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Panama | 0 t | 2021 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 64 | Czechoslovakia | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.20 million t
- Asia 916,210 t
- Eastern Asia 359,521 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 326,786 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 353,553 t
- Middle Africa 53,966 t
- Southern Asia 292,894 t
- Africa 214,081 t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9,348 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 175,290 t
- Viet Nam 8,700 t
- South-Eastern Asia 167,175 t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,405 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 117,340 t
- United Republic of Tanzania 5,115 t
- Western Asia 96,619 t
- Syrian Arab Republic 3,000 t
- Eastern Africa 81,327 t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 1,000 t
- Western Africa 51,675 t
- Americas 35,717 t
- Europe 33,360 t
- European Union (27) 32,902 t
- Central America 29,114 t
- Northern Africa 26,568 t
- Western Europe 18,801 t
- Southern Europe 9,795 t
- South America 6,603 t
- Eastern Europe 4,212 t
- Oceania 2,474 t
- Northern Europe 552.57 t
- Southern Africa 544.71 t
- Central Asia 1 t
About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.