Oil of sesame seed — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Oil of sesame seed — Production was 26,568 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Oil of sesame seed — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, oil of sesame seed — production in Northern Africa stood at 26,568 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of sesame seed — production in Northern Africa peaked at 92,086 t in 1972 and was at its lowest, 179.38 t, in 2010.
Northern Africa ranks 16th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Oil of sesame seed — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 27,000 t | +28.6% |
| 1963 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 t | -25.9% |
| 1965 | 25,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 30,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 32,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 33,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 30,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 85,816 t | +186.1% |
| 1971 | 83,697 t | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 92,086 t | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 64,774 t | -29.7% |
| 1974 | 52,162 t | -19.5% |
| 1975 | 63,000 t | +20.8% |
| 1976 | 45,000 t | -28.6% |
| 1977 | 63,000 t | +40.0% |
| 1978 | 65,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 64,000 t | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 65,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 45,384 t | -30.2% |
| 1983 | 48,336 t | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 38,288 t | -20.8% |
| 1985 | 29,000 t | -24.3% |
| 1986 | 44,000 t | +51.7% |
| 1987 | 48,420 t | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 48,336 t | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 30,480 t | -36.9% |
| 1990 | 19,220 t | -36.9% |
| 1991 | 11,580 t | -39.8% |
| 1992 | 10,680 t | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 24,720 t | +131.5% |
| 1994 | 28,820 t | +16.6% |
| 1995 | 30,720 t | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 35,620 t | +16.0% |
| 1997 | 33,140 t | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 43,240 t | +30.5% |
| 1999 | 26,240 t | -39.3% |
| 2000 | 46,440 t | +77.0% |
| 2001 | 38,240 t | -17.7% |
| 2002 | 41,040 t | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 40,040 t | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 58,540 t | +46.2% |
| 2005 | 62,140 t | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 55,640 t | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 64,440 t | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 60,040 t | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 69,564 t | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 179.38 t | -99.7% |
| 2011 | 248.89 t | +38.8% |
| 2012 | 43,471 t | +17365.9% |
| 2013 | 22,827 t | -47.5% |
| 2014 | 49,633 t | +117.4% |
| 2015 | 40,044 t | -19.3% |
| 2016 | 29,248 t | -27.0% |
| 2017 | 26,042 t | -11.0% |
| 2018 | 25,568 t | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 22,467 t | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 20,810 t | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 28,200 t | +35.5% |
| 2022 | 27,643 t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 26,568 t | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,222 t | 20,000 t | 33,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 67,854 t | 45,000 t | 92,086 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,224 t | 29,000 t | 65,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,398 t | 10,680 t | 43,240 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,612 t | 38,240 t | 69,564 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,973 t | 179.38 t | 49,633 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,805 t | 20,810 t | 28,200 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 13 Sudan 26,300 t compare
- 14 Republic of Korea 15,300 t compare
- 15 Mozambique 15,277 t compare
- 16 China, Taiwan Province of 13,506 t compare
- 17 Germany 12,436 t compare
- 18 Pakistan 12,142 t compare
- 19 Chad 9,146 t compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 4.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.4258 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -6.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -4.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -2.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of sesame seed — production in Northern Africa?
- Oil of sesame seed — production in Northern Africa was 26,568 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of sesame seed — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 92,086 t in 1972.
- What is the lowest oil of sesame seed — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 179.38 t in 2010.
- How does Northern Africa rank for oil of sesame seed — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2023.
- Is oil of sesame seed — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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.