Sesame seed — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 1,800 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of stood at 1,800 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.2% on the previous year and down 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 8,845 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 339 ha, in 1991.
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 48th of 72 countries 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 China, Taiwan Province of, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,845 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,410 ha | -4.9% |
| 1963 | 6,684 ha | -20.5% |
| 1964 | 5,200 ha | -22.2% |
| 1965 | 5,546 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 5,997 ha | +8.1% |
| 1967 | 6,111 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 5,600 ha | -8.4% |
| 1969 | 5,065 ha | -9.6% |
| 1970 | 3,453 ha | -31.8% |
| 1971 | 3,474 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 3,199 ha | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 2,895 ha | -9.5% |
| 1974 | 2,973 ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 2,066 ha | -30.5% |
| 1976 | 1,585 ha | -23.3% |
| 1977 | 1,464 ha | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 2,100 ha | +43.4% |
| 1979 | 2,004 ha | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 1,763 ha | -12.0% |
| 1981 | 1,926 ha | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 1,445 ha | -25.0% |
| 1983 | 664 ha | -54.0% |
| 1984 | 668 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 820 ha | +22.8% |
| 1986 | 795 ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 977 ha | +22.9% |
| 1988 | 794 ha | -18.7% |
| 1989 | 542 ha | -31.7% |
| 1990 | 455 ha | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 339 ha | -25.5% |
| 1992 | 490 ha | +44.5% |
| 1993 | 557 ha | +13.7% |
| 1994 | 516 ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 666 ha | +29.1% |
| 1996 | 623 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 756 ha | +21.3% |
| 1998 | 882 ha | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 838 ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 1,153 ha | +37.6% |
| 2001 | 1,278 ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 1,001 ha | -21.7% |
| 2003 | 1,059 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 787 ha | -25.7% |
| 2005 | 928 ha | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 1,020 ha | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 780 ha | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 1,020 ha | +30.8% |
| 2009 | 969 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 1,331 ha | +37.4% |
| 2011 | 1,225 ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 831 ha | -32.2% |
| 2013 | 1,704 ha | +105.1% |
| 2014 | 2,124 ha | +24.6% |
| 2015 | 2,312 ha | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 2,097 ha | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 3,491 ha | +66.5% |
| 2018 | 2,081 ha | -40.4% |
| 2019 | 2,222 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 2,339 ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 2,114 ha | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 2,068 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 1,393 ha | -32.6% |
| 2024 | 1,800 ha | +29.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,384 ha | 5,065 ha | 8,845 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,521 ha | 1,464 ha | 3,474 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,039 ha | 542 ha | 1,926 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 612.2 ha | 339 ha | 882 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 999.5 ha | 780 ha | 1,278 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,942 ha | 831 ha | 3,491 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,943 ha | 1,393 ha | 2,339 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of was 1,800 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 8,845 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 339 ha in 1991.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 48th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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.