Sesame seed — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 45,287 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Afghanistan is 45,287 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 126.4% on the previous year and up 183.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 71,081 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12,000 ha, in 2012.
That places Afghanistan 23rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 33,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 33,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 33,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 33,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 33,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 32,800 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 33,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 33,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 33,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 34,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 36,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 35,760 ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 40,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1976 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 47,200 ha | +18.0% |
| 1980 | 47,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 48,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 49,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 48,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 46,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 44,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 42,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 40,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 36,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 35,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 44,000 ha | +25.7% |
| 2004 | 45,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 47,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15,000 ha | -68.1% |
| 2012 | 12,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2013 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 16,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2015 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 71,081 ha | +373.9% |
| 2020 | 64,862 ha | -8.7% |
| 2021 | 27,472 ha | -57.6% |
| 2022 | 48,793 ha | +77.6% |
| 2023 | 20,000 ha | -59.0% |
| 2024 | 45,287 ha | +126.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,156 ha | 32,800 ha | 33,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,976 ha | 33,200 ha | 47,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,880 ha | 42,000 ha | 49,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,100 ha | 35,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,900 ha | 35,000 ha | 47,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,308 ha | 12,000 ha | 71,081 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,283 ha | 20,000 ha | 64,862 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Afghanistan was 45,287 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 71,081 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 2012.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 23rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 183.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Area harvested. 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.