Sesame seed — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 30,735 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 30,735 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 102,298 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 30,700 ha, in 2005.
Bangladesh ranks 29th of 72 countries on this measure, 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 Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 57,466 ha | — |
| 1962 | 53,014 ha | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 52,205 ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 50,991 ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 50,182 ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 50,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 52,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 53,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 50,200 ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 44,900 ha | -10.6% |
| 1971 | 47,515 ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 47,723 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 43,530 ha | -8.8% |
| 1974 | 51,062 ha | +17.3% |
| 1975 | 54,301 ha | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 51,568 ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 54,838 ha | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 80,000 ha | +45.9% |
| 1979 | 95,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 1980 | 90,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 100,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 102,298 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 85,566 ha | -16.4% |
| 1985 | 92,001 ha | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 84,551 ha | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 81,987 ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 81,487 ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 86,386 ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 83,088 ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 80,561 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 82,487 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 65,900 ha | -20.1% |
| 1994 | 79,758 ha | +21.0% |
| 1995 | 80,086 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 84,200 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 79,725 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 79,654 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 37,300 ha | -53.2% |
| 2000 | 36,800 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 36,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 39,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 38,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 30,700 ha | -21.1% |
| 2006 | 36,043 ha | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 33,525 ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 32,932 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 35,551 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 36,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 33,331 ha | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 34,118 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 34,248 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 38,205 ha | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 40,320 ha | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 37,518 ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 37,567 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 34,206 ha | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 33,657 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 34,701 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 33,047 ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 31,771 ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 30,735 ha | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,162 ha | 50,182 ha | 57,466 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,044 ha | 43,530 ha | 95,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 90,428 ha | 81,487 ha | 102,298 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,276 ha | 37,300 ha | 84,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,925 ha | 30,700 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,251 ha | 33,331 ha | 40,320 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,782 ha | 30,735 ha | 34,701 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Bangladesh was 30,735 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 102,298 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,700 ha in 2005.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 29th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.