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 66th of 82 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 63 Tajikistan 753 ha compare
- 64 Greece 699 ha compare
- 65 Dominican Republic 620 ha compare
- 67 Morocco 400 ha compare
- 68 Costa Rica 278 ha compare
- 69 Palestine 234 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture share gdp 10.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 35.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 2.33 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 86,254 t (2024)
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 66th out of 82 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.