Sesame seed — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 6.49 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 6.49 million ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Africa peaked at 9.30 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 872,703 ha, in 1962.
Africa ranks 3rd of 24 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 949,104 ha | — |
| 1962 | 872,703 ha | -8.0% |
| 1963 | 1.03 million ha | +18.4% |
| 1964 | 1.05 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 983,147 ha | -6.1% |
| 1966 | 1.01 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 1.13 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1968 | 1.23 million ha | +8.5% |
| 1969 | 1.27 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 1.39 million ha | +9.3% |
| 1971 | 1.44 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 1.78 million ha | +24.2% |
| 1973 | 1.57 million ha | -11.8% |
| 1974 | 1.55 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 1.60 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 1.55 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 1.65 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 1.52 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1979 | 1.44 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 1.46 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 1.49 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 1.17 million ha | -21.7% |
| 1983 | 1.55 million ha | +32.4% |
| 1984 | 1.38 million ha | -10.6% |
| 1985 | 1.71 million ha | +23.4% |
| 1986 | 1.57 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 1.60 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 1.81 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1989 | 1.76 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 1.15 million ha | -34.4% |
| 1991 | 1.26 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 2.05 million ha | +63.0% |
| 1993 | 1.98 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 2.09 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 2.27 million ha | +8.5% |
| 1996 | 2.65 million ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 2.44 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 2.25 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 3.07 million ha | +36.4% |
| 2000 | 3.00 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 2.51 million ha | -16.2% |
| 2002 | 2.12 million ha | -15.6% |
| 2003 | 2.60 million ha | +22.5% |
| 2004 | 2.81 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 2.90 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 3.29 million ha | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 2.66 million ha | -19.2% |
| 2008 | 3.02 million ha | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 3.09 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 3.43 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 4.09 million ha | +19.2% |
| 2012 | 4.44 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 5.82 million ha | +31.2% |
| 2014 | 6.82 million ha | +17.2% |
| 2015 | 5.67 million ha | -16.9% |
| 2016 | 6.86 million ha | +20.9% |
| 2017 | 7.25 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 8.15 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2019 | 9.29 million ha | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 9.30 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 8.13 million ha | -12.5% |
| 2022 | 6.56 million ha | -19.4% |
| 2023 | 6.43 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 6.49 million ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.06 million ha | 872,703 ha | 1.27 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.55 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.55 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.81 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.12 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 3.07 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.80 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 3.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.18 million ha | 3.43 million ha | 9.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.38 million ha | 6.43 million ha | 9.30 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Africa?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Africa was 6.49 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9.30 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 872,703 ha in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. 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 Sesame seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.