Sesame seed — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 4.37 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 4.37 million ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 10.4% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Asia peaked at 4.82 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 3.39 million ha, in 1998.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.00 million ha | 3.65 million ha | 4.25 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.99 million ha | 3.72 million ha | 4.63 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.45 million ha | 4.26 million ha | 4.82 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.13 million ha | 3.39 million ha | 4.69 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.20 million ha | 3.96 million ha | 4.50 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.04 million ha | 3.56 million ha | 4.57 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.94 million ha | 3.42 million ha | 4.37 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 43,044 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Asia?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Asia was 4.37 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.82 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.39 million ha in 1998.
- How does Asia rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 2nd out of 13 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Asia 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.