Sesame seed — Area harvested in Central Asia
Central Asia: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 5,962 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Central Asia stood at 5,962 ha.
The figure is down 31.1% on the previous year and up 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Central Asia peaked at 10,261 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,262 ha, in 1993.
Central Asia ranks 18th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,417 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,262 ha | -10.9% |
| 1994 | 1,597 ha | +26.5% |
| 1995 | 1,328 ha | -16.8% |
| 1996 | 1,509 ha | +13.6% |
| 1997 | 1,816 ha | +20.3% |
| 1998 | 3,187 ha | +75.5% |
| 1999 | 3,622 ha | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 2,736 ha | -24.5% |
| 2001 | 2,261 ha | -17.4% |
| 2002 | 3,352 ha | +48.3% |
| 2003 | 2,961 ha | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 3,477 ha | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 4,615 ha | +32.7% |
| 2006 | 4,112 ha | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 2,580 ha | -37.3% |
| 2008 | 6,394 ha | +147.8% |
| 2009 | 4,217 ha | -34.0% |
| 2010 | 3,924 ha | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 3,883 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 5,605 ha | +44.3% |
| 2013 | 4,151 ha | -25.9% |
| 2014 | 4,404 ha | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 8,364 ha | +89.9% |
| 2016 | 8,104 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 5,503 ha | -32.1% |
| 2018 | 6,681 ha | +21.4% |
| 2019 | 8,656 ha | +29.6% |
| 2020 | 9,140 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 10,261 ha | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 8,387 ha | -18.3% |
| 2023 | 8,657 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 5,962 ha | -31.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,967 ha | 1,262 ha | 3,622 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,670 ha | 2,261 ha | 6,394 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,928 ha | 3,883 ha | 8,656 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,481 ha | 5,962 ha | 10,261 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Central Asia?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Central Asia was 5,962 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,261 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,262 ha in 1993.
- How does Central Asia rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Central Asia ranks 18th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central 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.