Oil of sesame seed — Production in Belgium
Belgium: Oil of sesame seed — Production was 590.34 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Oil of sesame seed — Production in Belgium, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, oil of sesame seed — production in Belgium stood at 590.34 t.
The figure is down 10.6% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of sesame seed — production in Belgium peaked at 1,152 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 444.15 t, in 2003.
That places Belgium 46th out of 67 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Oil of sesame seed — Production in Belgium, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 610.53 t | — |
| 2001 | 639.2 t | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 570.58 t | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 444.15 t | -22.2% |
| 2004 | 760.93 t | +71.3% |
| 2005 | 1,152 t | +51.5% |
| 2006 | 655.65 t | -43.1% |
| 2007 | 733.2 t | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 883.13 t | +20.4% |
| 2009 | 748.24 t | -15.3% |
| 2010 | 573.4 t | -23.4% |
| 2011 | 805.58 t | +40.5% |
| 2012 | 775.97 t | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 819.21 t | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 957.95 t | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 832.26 t | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 1,037 t | +24.6% |
| 2017 | 711.51 t | -31.4% |
| 2018 | 877.61 t | +23.3% |
| 2019 | 614.67 t | -30.0% |
| 2020 | 926.3 t | +50.7% |
| 2021 | 906.42 t | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 660.04 t | -27.2% |
| 2023 | 590.34 t | -10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 719.81 t | 444.15 t | 1,152 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 800.5 t | 573.4 t | 1,037 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 770.77 t | 590.34 t | 926.3 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 43 Burkina Faso 708.41 t compare
- 44 Eritrea 630 t compare
- 45 Belgium-Luxembourg 629.8 t
- 47 Denmark 552.57 t compare
- 48 South Africa 544.71 t compare
- 49 Sri Lanka 500.39 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of sesame seed — production in Belgium?
- Oil of sesame seed — production in Belgium was 590.34 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of sesame seed — production recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1,152 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest oil of sesame seed — production recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 444.15 t in 2003.
- How does Belgium rank for oil of sesame seed — production?
- Belgium ranks 46th out of 67 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil of sesame seed — production rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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.