Sesame seed — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 612 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 612 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Congo peaked at 647 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 140 ha, in 1961.
Congo ranks 56th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 ha | +114.3% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 396 ha | +32.0% |
| 1975 | 434 ha | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 477 ha | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 490 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 510 ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 520 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 530 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 567 ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 601 ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 597 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 589 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 560 ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 580 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 590 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 597 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 598 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 592 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 585 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 586 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 607 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 647 ha | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 582 ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 563 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 632 ha | +12.3% |
| 2009 | 581 ha | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 580 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 610 ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 600 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 620 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 589 ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 605 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 602 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 600 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 603 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 604 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 604 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 608 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 609 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 611 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 612 ha | +0.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 612 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,856 ha, 5% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Congo's 612 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 1% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Congo 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 | +114.3% | 140 ha | 300 ha |
| 1974 | +32.0% | 300 ha | 396 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175.56 ha | 140 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 400.7 ha | 300 ha | 510 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 529 ha | 520 ha | 530 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 588.1 ha | 560 ha | 601 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 597.3 ha | 563 ha | 647 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 601.3 ha | 580 ha | 620 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 608.8 ha | 604 ha | 612 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 53 Tajikistan 753 ha compare
- 54 Greece 699 ha compare
- 55 Dominican Republic 620 ha compare
- 57 Morocco 400 ha compare
- 58 Costa Rica 278 ha compare
- 59 Palestine 234 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Congo?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Congo was 612 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 647 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 140 ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 56th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.