Sesame seed — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 270,682 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Eastern Asia stood at 270,682 ha.
The figure is down 10.6% on the previous year and down 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 1.13 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 260,859 ha, in 2017.
That places Eastern Asia 13th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 678,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 738,930 ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 846,342 ha | +14.5% |
| 1964 | 813,897 ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 685,039 ha | -15.8% |
| 1966 | 701,812 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 683,358 ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 641,899 ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 622,091 ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 584,726 ha | -6.0% |
| 1971 | 622,806 ha | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 633,248 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 619,355 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 575,447 ha | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 587,732 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 628,626 ha | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 615,983 ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 710,675 ha | +15.4% |
| 1979 | 909,398 ha | +28.0% |
| 1980 | 825,948 ha | -9.2% |
| 1981 | 856,939 ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 1.03 million ha | +20.1% |
| 1983 | 864,342 ha | -16.0% |
| 1984 | 931,857 ha | +7.8% |
| 1985 | 1.13 million ha | +20.9% |
| 1986 | 1.10 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 964,737 ha | -12.0% |
| 1988 | 782,708 ha | -18.9% |
| 1989 | 788,475 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 727,935 ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 737,589 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 793,121 ha | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 800,526 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 731,350 ha | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 694,929 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 636,596 ha | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 615,579 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 683,686 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 747,234 ha | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 829,785 ha | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 802,753 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 803,679 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 723,220 ha | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 656,858 ha | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 628,222 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 600,797 ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 517,919 ha | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 501,433 ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 511,806 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 475,607 ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 463,895 ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 462,908 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 443,359 ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 459,620 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 449,177 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 275,159 ha | -38.7% |
| 2017 | 260,859 ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 289,136 ha | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 310,266 ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 317,394 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 306,757 ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 292,903 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 302,841 ha | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 270,682 ha | -10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 712,474 ha | 622,091 ha | 846,342 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 648,800 ha | 575,447 ha | 909,398 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 926,708 ha | 782,708 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 716,854 ha | 615,579 ha | 800,526 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 657,647 ha | 501,433 ha | 829,785 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 388,999 ha | 260,859 ha | 475,607 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 298,115 ha | 270,682 ha | 317,394 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 10 Burkina Faso 427,819 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 355,517 ha compare
- 12 Nigeria 350,000 ha compare
- 13 China 251,800 ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 250,000 ha compare
- 15 Niger 248,962 ha compare
- 16 Uganda 215,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -3.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.2976 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.5024 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.2031 % change on previous year (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 270,682 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 260,859 ha in 2017.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 13th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.