Sesame seed — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 43,201 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Egypt is 43,201 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.0% on the previous year and up 53.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 45,200 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9,193 ha, in 1967.
Egypt ranks 25th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,264 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,454 ha | +55.0% |
| 1963 | 24,779 ha | +42.0% |
| 1964 | 23,655 ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 21,814 ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 12,733 ha | -41.6% |
| 1967 | 9,193 ha | -27.8% |
| 1968 | 10,082 ha | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 14,702 ha | +45.8% |
| 1970 | 17,223 ha | +17.1% |
| 1971 | 17,164 ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 17,643 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 15,123 ha | -14.3% |
| 1974 | 11,392 ha | -24.7% |
| 1975 | 13,863 ha | +21.7% |
| 1976 | 12,936 ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 16,805 ha | +29.9% |
| 1978 | 9,802 ha | -41.7% |
| 1979 | 15,586 ha | +59.0% |
| 1980 | 16,227 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 16,895 ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 19,593 ha | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 10,900 ha | -44.4% |
| 1984 | 10,920 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 9,240 ha | -15.4% |
| 1986 | 9,250 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 12,180 ha | +31.7% |
| 1988 | 12,180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,500 ha | -13.8% |
| 1990 | 17,640 ha | +68.0% |
| 1991 | 23,945 ha | +35.7% |
| 1992 | 22,814 ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 24,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 24,624 ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 30,161 ha | +22.5% |
| 1996 | 31,538 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 27,337 ha | -13.3% |
| 1998 | 22,337 ha | -18.3% |
| 1999 | 28,350 ha | +26.9% |
| 2000 | 30,401 ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 28,522 ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 30,392 ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 30,234 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 29,591 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 28,450 ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 31,756 ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 32,044 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 28,211 ha | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 42,300 ha | +49.9% |
| 2010 | 36,907 ha | -12.7% |
| 2011 | 33,768 ha | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 25,115 ha | -25.6% |
| 2013 | 25,104 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 28,224 ha | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 36,611 ha | +29.7% |
| 2016 | 29,344 ha | -19.8% |
| 2017 | 26,542 ha | -9.5% |
| 2018 | 28,635 ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 29,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 45,200 ha | +55.3% |
| 2021 | 38,648 ha | -14.5% |
| 2022 | 39,697 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 37,237 ha | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 43,201 ha | +16.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,186 ha | 9,193 ha | 24,779 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,754 ha | 9,802 ha | 17,643 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,788 ha | 9,240 ha | 19,593 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,275 ha | 17,640 ha | 31,538 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,190 ha | 28,211 ha | 42,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,935 ha | 25,104 ha | 36,907 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,797 ha | 37,237 ha | 45,200 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Egypt?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Egypt was 43,201 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 45,200 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,193 ha in 1967.
- How does Egypt rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 25th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.