Sesame seed — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Sesame seed — Area harvested was 42,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iran (Islamic Republic of) recorded 42,000 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 81,020 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 1972.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11,500 ha | +15.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1967 | 11,500 ha | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 13,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1971 | 7,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 6,500 ha | +18.2% |
| 1975 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | +37.5% |
| 1982 | 14,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1983 | 17,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1985 | 23,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1986 | 26,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1987 | 28,359 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 28,912 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 22,951 ha | -20.6% |
| 1990 | 28,000 ha | +22.0% |
| 1991 | 37,795 ha | +35.0% |
| 1992 | 43,431 ha | +14.9% |
| 1993 | 42,368 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 19,881 ha | -53.1% |
| 1995 | 34,951 ha | +75.8% |
| 1996 | 42,578 ha | +21.8% |
| 1997 | 35,385 ha | -16.9% |
| 1998 | 38,415 ha | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 45,200 ha | +17.7% |
| 2000 | 46,297 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 30,467 ha | -34.2% |
| 2002 | 34,712 ha | +13.9% |
| 2003 | 35,855 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 30,432 ha | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 54,971 ha | +80.6% |
| 2006 | 29,423 ha | -46.5% |
| 2007 | 37,082 ha | +26.0% |
| 2008 | 47,706 ha | +28.7% |
| 2009 | 69,650 ha | +46.0% |
| 2010 | 52,173 ha | -25.1% |
| 2011 | 79,294 ha | +52.0% |
| 2012 | 81,020 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 69,620 ha | -14.1% |
| 2014 | 39,924 ha | -42.7% |
| 2015 | 40,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,333 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,700 ha | 5,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,922 ha | 8,000 ha | 28,912 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,800 ha | 19,881 ha | 45,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,660 ha | 29,423 ha | 69,650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,003 ha | 39,924 ha | 81,020 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,000 ha | 42,000 ha | 42,000 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 42,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 81,020 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1972.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 6th out of 13 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.