Sesame seed — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 15,794 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 15,794 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 15,794 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,350 ha, in 1964.
That places Caribbean 16th out of 24 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 Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,350 ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,850 ha | +37.0% |
| 1969 | 2,550 ha | +37.8% |
| 1970 | 3,150 ha | +23.5% |
| 1971 | 3,850 ha | +22.2% |
| 1972 | 5,550 ha | +44.2% |
| 1973 | 7,550 ha | +36.0% |
| 1974 | 10,550 ha | +39.7% |
| 1975 | 12,070 ha | +14.4% |
| 1976 | 13,580 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 14,580 ha | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 14,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 14,487 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 14,100 ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 14,600 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 14,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 15,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15,600 ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 15,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15,100 ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 15,120 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 14,620 ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 13,440 ha | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 13,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 12,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 13,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 13,347 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 13,509 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 13,429 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 13,449 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 13,508 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 13,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 14,841 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 15,662 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 15,560 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 14,817 ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 14,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 15,068 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 15,247 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 15,344 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 15,442 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 15,355 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 15,132 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 15,284 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 15,381 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 15,562 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 15,728 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 15,773 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 15,722 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 15,683 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 15,739 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 15,794 ha | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Caribbean changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +44.2% | 3,850 ha | 5,550 ha |
| 1974 | +39.7% | 7,550 ha | 10,550 ha |
| 1969 | +37.8% | 1,850 ha | 2,550 ha |
| 1968 | +37.0% | 1,350 ha | 1,850 ha |
| 1973 | +36.0% | 5,550 ha | 7,550 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,567 ha | 1,350 ha | 2,550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,997 ha | 3,150 ha | 14,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,052 ha | 14,100 ha | 15,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,420 ha | 12,900 ha | 14,620 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,348 ha | 13,000 ha | 15,662 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,354 ha | 15,068 ha | 15,728 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,742 ha | 15,683 ha | 15,794 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 13 China 251,800 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6,110 ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 250,000 ha compare
- 15 Niger 248,962 ha compare
- 16 Uganda 215,000 ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 15,029 ha compare
- 17 Mali 103,039 ha compare
- 18 Ethiopia PDR 62,000 ha compare
- 19 Cameroon 60,000 ha compare
- 19 Paraguay 60,000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Caribbean was 15,794 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 15,794 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,350 ha in 1964.
- How does Caribbean rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 16th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.