Sesame seed — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 10,740 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 10,740 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 24,100 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,000 ha | +83.3% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | -54.5% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 11,000 ha | +83.3% |
| 1966 | 9,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1967 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 12,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 11,700 ha | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 10,400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 10,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 11,100 ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 11,300 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 9,500 ha | -15.9% |
| 1977 | 7,800 ha | -17.9% |
| 1978 | 8,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1980 | 10,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 10,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 10,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 11,200 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 11,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 11,700 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 20,800 ha | +77.8% |
| 1987 | 23,300 ha | +12.0% |
| 1988 | 24,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 24,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 20,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 11,000 ha | -45.0% |
| 1992 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 9,500 ha | -32.1% |
| 1996 | 8,918 ha | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 9,060 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 9,204 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 9,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 9,406 ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 9,300 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 10,822 ha | +16.4% |
| 2003 | 10,867 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 10,889 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 10,933 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 10,978 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 11,022 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 11,067 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 11,110 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 11,212 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 10,499 ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 10,363 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 10,489 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 10,526 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 10,520 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 10,590 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 10,618 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 10,621 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10,626 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10,666 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 10,692 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 10,718 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 10,729 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 10,740 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,667 ha | 5,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,300 ha | 7,800 ha | 12,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,810 ha | 10,200 ha | 24,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,568 ha | 8,918 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,639 ha | 9,300 ha | 11,110 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,606 ha | 10,363 ha | 11,212 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,709 ha | 10,666 ha | 10,740 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 10,740 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 24,100 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 12th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the 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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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.