Sesame seed — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 27,505 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Eritrea stood at 27,505 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 51,344 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,634 ha, in 2009.
That places Eritrea 30th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 32,900 ha | — |
| 1994 | 18,400 ha | -44.1% |
| 1995 | 18,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 11,000 ha | -26.7% |
| 1998 | 11,076 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 11,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 12,876 ha | +17.1% |
| 2001 | 7,993 ha | -37.9% |
| 2002 | 6,523 ha | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 28,027 ha | +329.7% |
| 2004 | 33,723 ha | +20.3% |
| 2005 | 51,344 ha | +52.3% |
| 2006 | 15,197 ha | -70.4% |
| 2007 | 24,033 ha | +58.1% |
| 2008 | 4,224 ha | -82.4% |
| 2009 | 2,634 ha | -37.6% |
| 2010 | 26,746 ha | +915.4% |
| 2011 | 21,796 ha | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 23,216 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 23,811 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 25,803 ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 26,385 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 26,481 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 27,244 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 26,703 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 28,149 ha | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 27,365 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 27,406 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 27,640 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 27,470 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 27,505 ha | +0.1% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 27,505 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 103,039 ha, 27% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 27,505 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 66% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +915.4% | 2,634 ha | 26,746 ha |
| 2003 | +329.7% | 6,523 ha | 28,027 ha |
| 2008 | -82.4% | 24,033 ha | 4,224 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,768 ha | 11,000 ha | 32,900 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 18,657 ha | 2,634 ha | 51,344 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,633 ha | 21,796 ha | 28,149 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,477 ha | 27,365 ha | 27,640 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Eritrea was 27,505 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 51,344 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,634 ha in 2009.
- How does Eritrea rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 30th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.