Sesame seed — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 572,153 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 572,153 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 44.4% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Chad peaked at 572,153 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 1966.
Chad ranks 9th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1967 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 40,000 ha | +185.7% |
| 1969 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 30,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 22,200 ha | -26.0% |
| 1972 | 20,526 ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 28,300 ha | +37.9% |
| 1974 | 25,500 ha | -9.9% |
| 1975 | 28,200 ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 27,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 27,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 29,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 30,500 ha | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 32,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 35,500 ha | +10.9% |
| 1983 | 39,200 ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 34,467 ha | -12.1% |
| 1985 | 36,706 ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 40,040 ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 35,881 ha | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 36,651 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 37,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 35,825 ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 47,460 ha | +32.5% |
| 1992 | 54,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 45,040 ha | -16.6% |
| 1994 | 53,912 ha | +19.7% |
| 1995 | 45,440 ha | -15.7% |
| 1996 | 43,529 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 74,628 ha | +71.4% |
| 1998 | 84,261 ha | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 66,472 ha | -21.1% |
| 2000 | 102,237 ha | +53.8% |
| 2001 | 97,815 ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 59,324 ha | -39.4% |
| 2003 | 63,471 ha | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 43,505 ha | -31.5% |
| 2005 | 59,147 ha | +36.0% |
| 2006 | 148,458 ha | +151.0% |
| 2007 | 96,271 ha | -35.2% |
| 2008 | 105,211 ha | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 178,482 ha | +69.6% |
| 2010 | 239,059 ha | +33.9% |
| 2011 | 175,251 ha | -26.7% |
| 2012 | 218,515 ha | +24.7% |
| 2013 | 230,473 ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 421,562 ha | +82.9% |
| 2015 | 305,882 ha | -27.4% |
| 2016 | 279,017 ha | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 297,654 ha | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 325,114 ha | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 387,395 ha | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 392,241 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 396,235 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 389,069 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 396,231 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 572,153 ha | +44.4% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 572,153 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 103,039 ha, 5.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Chad's 572,153 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 13.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Chad 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +185.7% | 14,000 ha | 40,000 ha |
| 2006 | +151.0% | 59,147 ha | 148,458 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,778 ha | 14,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,873 ha | 20,526 ha | 30,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,944 ha | 32,000 ha | 40,040 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,057 ha | 35,825 ha | 84,261 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 95,392 ha | 43,505 ha | 178,482 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 287,992 ha | 175,251 ha | 421,562 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 429,186 ha | 389,069 ha | 572,153 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 6 Ethiopia 608,111 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,000 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 27,152 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 608,000 ha compare
- 8 South Sudan 604,865 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,042 ha compare
- 9 Türkiye 20,406 ha compare
- 10 Burkina Faso 427,819 ha compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 16,087 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 355,517 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,740 ha compare
- 12 Nigeria 350,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3634 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 371.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7243 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Chad?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Chad was 572,153 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 572,153 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Chad rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Chad 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.