Sesame seed — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 23 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Israel, 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 Israel is 23 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Israel peaked at 4,340 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 19 ha, in 2008.
Israel ranks 67th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,340 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,815 ha | -12.1% |
| 1963 | 2,970 ha | -22.1% |
| 1964 | 2,620 ha | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 1,130 ha | -56.9% |
| 1966 | 1,130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,240 ha | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 885 ha | -28.6% |
| 1969 | 955 ha | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 920 ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 760 ha | -17.4% |
| 1972 | 635 ha | -16.4% |
| 1973 | 510 ha | -19.7% |
| 1974 | 270 ha | -47.1% |
| 1975 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 210 ha | -25.0% |
| 1977 | 180 ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 240 ha | +33.3% |
| 1979 | 190 ha | -20.8% |
| 1980 | 410 ha | +115.8% |
| 1981 | 380 ha | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 480 ha | +26.3% |
| 1983 | 350 ha | -27.1% |
| 1984 | 200 ha | -42.9% |
| 1985 | 125 ha | -37.5% |
| 1986 | 115 ha | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 105 ha | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 50 ha | -52.4% |
| 1989 | 40 ha | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 33 ha | -17.5% |
| 1991 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 35 ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 29 ha | -17.1% |
| 1994 | 28 ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 27 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 20 ha | -25.9% |
| 1997 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1999 | 23 ha | -23.3% |
| 2000 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 22 ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 28 ha | +27.3% |
| 2003 | 27 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 28 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 24 ha | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 23 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 20 ha | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 19 ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 20 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 23 ha | +15.0% |
| 2012 | 26 ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 22 ha | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 25 ha | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 24 ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 23 ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,121 ha | 885 ha | 4,340 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 419.5 ha | 180 ha | 920 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 225.5 ha | 40 ha | 480 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.8 ha | 20 ha | 35 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.3 ha | 19 ha | 28 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.1 ha | 20 ha | 26 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.2 ha | 23 ha | 24 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Israel?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Israel was 23 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 4,340 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 ha in 2008.
- How does Israel rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 67th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.