Sesame seed — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 250,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in China, mainland stood at 250,000 ha.
The figure is down 10.8% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 1.05 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 227,660 ha, in 2017.
China, mainland ranks 14th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 655,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 715,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1963 | 825,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1964 | 793,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 663,300 ha | -16.4% |
| 1966 | 679,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 659,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 621,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 599,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 554,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 591,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 599,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 581,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 535,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 533,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 561,300 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 556,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 637,600 ha | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 843,300 ha | +32.3% |
| 1980 | 775,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 1981 | 817,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 964,600 ha | +18.1% |
| 1983 | 788,500 ha | -18.3% |
| 1984 | 858,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 1.05 million ha | +22.6% |
| 1986 | 1.01 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 869,000 ha | -13.7% |
| 1988 | 703,000 ha | -19.1% |
| 1989 | 722,667 ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 668,933 ha | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 679,533 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 746,300 ha | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 753,600 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 690,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 642,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 593,600 ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 566,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 629,990 ha | +11.3% |
| 1999 | 697,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 2000 | 784,280 ha | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 757,910 ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 758,475 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 687,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 624,200 ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 593,300 ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 568,700 ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 485,800 ha | -14.6% |
| 2008 | 471,600 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 475,940 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 447,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 437,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 436,980 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 418,450 ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 429,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 421,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 245,867 ha | -41.7% |
| 2017 | 227,660 ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 262,270 ha | +15.2% |
| 2019 | 282,860 ha | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 292,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 285,400 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 268,770 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 280,130 ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 250,000 ha | -10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 689,922 ha | 599,000 ha | 825,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 599,210 ha | 533,000 ha | 843,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 855,677 ha | 703,000 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 666,696 ha | 566,000 ha | 753,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 620,720 ha | 471,600 ha | 784,280 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 360,899 ha | 227,660 ha | 447,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 275,280 ha | 250,000 ha | 292,100 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in China, mainland was 250,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 227,660 ha in 2017.
- How does China, mainland rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 14th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.