Sesame seed — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 858,392 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Americas, 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 Americas is 858,392 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and up 166.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Americas peaked at 919,826 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 179,023 ha, in 1994.
That places Americas 11th out of 24 groups 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 Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 330,446 ha | — |
| 1962 | 362,338 ha | +9.7% |
| 1963 | 374,811 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 398,848 ha | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 428,345 ha | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 403,933 ha | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 458,870 ha | +13.6% |
| 1968 | 448,235 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 464,103 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 512,553 ha | +10.4% |
| 1971 | 527,809 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 454,993 ha | -13.8% |
| 1973 | 475,170 ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 485,265 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 439,680 ha | -9.4% |
| 1976 | 424,128 ha | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 429,132 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 465,952 ha | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 450,688 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 449,891 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 315,681 ha | -29.8% |
| 1982 | 254,616 ha | -19.3% |
| 1983 | 344,495 ha | +35.3% |
| 1984 | 297,833 ha | -13.5% |
| 1985 | 341,736 ha | +14.7% |
| 1986 | 337,132 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 338,749 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 323,590 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 314,410 ha | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 347,853 ha | +10.6% |
| 1991 | 325,025 ha | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 202,412 ha | -37.7% |
| 1993 | 203,819 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 179,023 ha | -12.2% |
| 1995 | 220,194 ha | +23.0% |
| 1996 | 272,876 ha | +23.9% |
| 1997 | 250,231 ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 246,135 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 245,534 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 249,260 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 255,466 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 180,969 ha | -29.2% |
| 2003 | 206,449 ha | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 282,897 ha | +37.0% |
| 2005 | 328,370 ha | +16.1% |
| 2006 | 301,221 ha | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 267,070 ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 255,846 ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 290,185 ha | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 301,422 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 313,755 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 275,140 ha | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 233,400 ha | -15.2% |
| 2014 | 322,541 ha | +38.2% |
| 2015 | 346,169 ha | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 317,263 ha | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 306,492 ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 293,216 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 433,987 ha | +48.0% |
| 2020 | 429,441 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 403,114 ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 633,554 ha | +57.2% |
| 2023 | 919,826 ha | +45.2% |
| 2024 | 858,392 ha | -6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,770 ha | 330,446 ha | 464,103 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 466,537 ha | 424,128 ha | 527,809 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 331,813 ha | 254,616 ha | 449,891 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 249,310 ha | 179,023 ha | 347,853 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 261,773 ha | 180,969 ha | 328,370 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 314,338 ha | 233,400 ha | 433,987 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 648,865 ha | 403,114 ha | 919,826 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 8 South Sudan 604,865 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,042 ha compare
- 9 Chad 572,153 ha compare
- 9 Türkiye 20,406 ha compare
- 10 Burkina Faso 427,819 ha compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 16,087 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 355,517 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,740 ha compare
- 12 Nigeria 350,000 ha compare
- 13 China 251,800 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6,110 ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 250,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Americas?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Americas was 858,392 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 919,826 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 179,023 ha in 1994.
- How does Americas rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 166.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas 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.