Sesame seed — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 1 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, sesame seed — area harvested in Cyprus stood at 1 ha. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
The figure is down 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 669 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1 ha, in 2003.
That places Cyprus 69th out of 72 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 401 ha | — |
| 1962 | 468 ha | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 508 ha | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 535 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 340 ha | -36.4% |
| 1966 | 268 ha | -21.2% |
| 1967 | 334 ha | +24.6% |
| 1968 | 268 ha | -19.8% |
| 1969 | 281 ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 334 ha | +18.9% |
| 1971 | 375 ha | +12.3% |
| 1972 | 401 ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 20 ha | -95.0% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +2400.0% |
| 1975 | 669 ha | +33.8% |
| 1976 | 334 ha | -50.1% |
| 1977 | 294 ha | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 187 ha | -36.4% |
| 1979 | 134 ha | -28.3% |
| 1980 | 107 ha | -20.1% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 107 ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 67 ha | -37.4% |
| 1984 | 40 ha | -40.3% |
| 1985 | 27 ha | -32.5% |
| 1986 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 33 ha | +22.2% |
| 1988 | 20 ha | -39.4% |
| 1989 | 13 ha | -35.0% |
| 1990 | 10 ha | -23.1% |
| 1991 | 7 ha | -30.0% |
| 1992 | 8 ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 5 ha | -50.0% |
| 1995 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3 ha | -40.0% |
| 1997 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 ha | -66.7% |
| 2004 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 2007 | 5 ha | +66.7% |
| 2008 | 2 ha | -60.0% |
| 2009 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 ha | +400.0% |
| 2011 | 5 ha | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 3 ha | -40.0% |
| 2013 | 4 ha | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 3 ha | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 1 ha | -66.7% |
| 2016 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 1 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 26 ha, 4% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 1 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 183 ha, 1% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Cyprus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +2400.0% | 20 ha | 500 ha |
| 2010 | +400.0% | 2 ha | 10 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 378.11 ha | 268 ha | 535 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 324.8 ha | 20 ha | 669 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 54.1 ha | 13 ha | 107 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.5 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.5 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Cyprus was 1 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 669 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 ha in 2003.
- How does Cyprus rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 69th out of 72 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.