Sesame seed — Area harvested in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 41,975 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Central African Republic, 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 Central African Republic is 41,975 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Central African Republic peaked at 83,347 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 21,557 ha, in 1990.
That places Central African Republic 26th 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 Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,000 ha | +29.6% |
| 1963 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 34,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 33,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 35,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 49,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1968 | 54,700 ha | +11.6% |
| 1969 | 52,100 ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 50,100 ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 46,200 ha | -7.8% |
| 1972 | 42,600 ha | -7.8% |
| 1973 | 39,300 ha | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 45,722 ha | +16.3% |
| 1975 | 44,154 ha | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 47,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 51,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 27,428 ha | -46.2% |
| 1979 | 34,711 ha | +26.6% |
| 1980 | 38,684 ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 38,155 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 35,720 ha | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 31,000 ha | -13.2% |
| 1984 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 35,719 ha | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 32,768 ha | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 39,319 ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 31,696 ha | -19.4% |
| 1989 | 31,444 ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 21,557 ha | -31.4% |
| 1991 | 28,461 ha | +32.0% |
| 1992 | 30,966 ha | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 31,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 39,000 ha | +23.4% |
| 1995 | 33,000 ha | -15.4% |
| 1996 | 37,000 ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 40,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 44,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 48,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 50,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 58,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 62,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 63,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 48,000 ha | -23.8% |
| 2006 | 60,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 80,110 ha | +33.5% |
| 2008 | 81,712 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 83,347 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 42,940 ha | -48.5% |
| 2011 | 43,293 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 42,913 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 33,314 ha | -22.4% |
| 2014 | 39,304 ha | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 49,238 ha | +25.3% |
| 2016 | 57,637 ha | +17.1% |
| 2017 | 57,719 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 60,028 ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 62,429 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 65,234 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 44,794 ha | -31.3% |
| 2022 | 39,546 ha | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 40,733 ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 41,975 ha | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,422 ha | 27,000 ha | 54,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,822 ha | 27,428 ha | 51,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,650 ha | 31,000 ha | 39,319 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,358 ha | 21,557 ha | 48,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,117 ha | 48,000 ha | 83,347 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,882 ha | 33,314 ha | 62,429 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,456 ha | 39,546 ha | 65,234 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 153.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5545 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 27.61 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 27.61 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Central African Republic?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Central African Republic was 41,975 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 83,347 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,557 ha in 1990.
- How does Central African Republic rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Central African Republic ranks 26th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.