Oil of sesame seed — Production in Africa
Africa: Oil of sesame seed — Production was 214,081 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oil of sesame seed — Production in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 214,081 t for oil of sesame seed — production in 2023.
The figure is up 14.4% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of sesame seed — production in Africa peaked at 375,697 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 23,706 t, in 1961.
Africa ranks 5th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil of sesame seed — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,706 t | — |
| 1962 | 30,158 t | +27.2% |
| 1963 | 30,177 t | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 25,252 t | -16.3% |
| 1965 | 29,208 t | +15.7% |
| 1966 | 37,164 t | +27.2% |
| 1967 | 41,454 t | +11.5% |
| 1968 | 43,512 t | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 41,456 t | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 101,473 t | +144.8% |
| 1971 | 94,119 t | -7.2% |
| 1972 | 101,897 t | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 79,756 t | -21.7% |
| 1974 | 69,777 t | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 81,163 t | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 63,870 t | -21.3% |
| 1977 | 87,435 t | +36.9% |
| 1978 | 87,132 t | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 90,744 t | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 87,304 t | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 94,805 t | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 79,033 t | -16.6% |
| 1983 | 77,639 t | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 72,861 t | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 72,588 t | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 86,152 t | +18.7% |
| 1987 | 88,253 t | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 87,723 t | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 71,146 t | -18.9% |
| 1990 | 72,874 t | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 65,016 t | -10.8% |
| 1992 | 61,702 t | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 75,252 t | +22.0% |
| 1994 | 78,045 t | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 82,113 t | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 81,685 t | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 83,195 t | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 91,277 t | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 77,530 t | -15.1% |
| 2000 | 104,132 t | +34.3% |
| 2001 | 93,689 t | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 101,746 t | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 102,841 t | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 128,661 t | +25.1% |
| 2005 | 134,518 t | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 121,740 t | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 182,117 t | +49.6% |
| 2008 | 118,674 t | -34.8% |
| 2009 | 123,882 t | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 77,649 t | -37.3% |
| 2011 | 118,442 t | +52.5% |
| 2012 | 375,697 t | +217.2% |
| 2013 | 230,578 t | -38.6% |
| 2014 | 245,561 t | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 251,667 t | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 279,989 t | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 277,347 t | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 263,061 t | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 232,856 t | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 211,413 t | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 209,587 t | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 187,152 t | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 214,081 t | +14.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,565 t | 23,706 t | 43,512 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 85,737 t | 63,870 t | 101,897 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 81,750 t | 71,146 t | 94,805 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,869 t | 61,702 t | 91,277 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 121,200 t | 93,689 t | 182,117 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 235,285 t | 77,649 t | 375,697 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 205,558 t | 187,152 t | 214,081 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of sesame seed — production in Africa?
- Oil of sesame seed — production in Africa was 214,081 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of sesame seed — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 375,697 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest oil of sesame seed — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,706 t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for oil of sesame seed — production?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2023.
- Is oil of sesame seed — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil of sesame seed — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.