Sesame seed — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 608,111 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 608,111 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 684,859 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 27,614 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 6th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31,593 ha | 27,614 ha | 39,750 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 137,683 ha | 38,190 ha | 315,843 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 547,824 ha | 352,290 ha | 684,859 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 596,810 ha | 471,537 ha | 655,441 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 32.82 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.82 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Ethiopia was 608,111 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 684,859 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,614 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 6th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.