Sesame seed — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 12,712 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Angola, 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 Angola is 12,712 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Angola peaked at 12,712 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Angola 39th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1969 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,389 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 6,242 ha | -15.5% |
| 1992 | 6,326 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 6,613 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 7,202 ha | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 6,500 ha | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 6,682 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 6,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 7,220 ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 7,495 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 7,785 ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 8,084 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 8,401 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 9,225 ha | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 9,988 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 10,260 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 10,575 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 10,899 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 11,228 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 12,100 ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 12,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11,685 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 12,418 ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 12,034 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 12,047 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 12,166 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 12,210 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 12,235 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 12,562 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 12,554 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 12,633 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 12,712 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,444 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,300 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,725 ha | 6,242 ha | 7,389 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,993 ha | 7,220 ha | 10,899 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,989 ha | 11,228 ha | 12,418 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,539 ha | 12,235 ha | 12,712 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 25.24 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 25.24 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Angola?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Angola was 12,712 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 12,712 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Angola rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 39th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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.