Sesame seed — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 183 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, sesame seed — area harvested in Italy stood at 183 ha.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Italy peaked at 1,922 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1994.
That places Italy 61st out of 72 countries with data for 2017, putting it 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,922 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,687 ha | -12.2% |
| 1963 | 1,647 ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 1,667 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 1,670 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 1,743 ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 1,676 ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 1,750 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 1,845 ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 1,742 ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 1,648 ha | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 1,544 ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 1,111 ha | -28.0% |
| 1974 | 769 ha | -30.8% |
| 1975 | 603 ha | -21.6% |
| 1976 | 471 ha | -21.9% |
| 1977 | 393 ha | -16.6% |
| 1978 | 348 ha | -11.5% |
| 1979 | 357 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 327 ha | -8.4% |
| 1981 | 281 ha | -14.1% |
| 1982 | 282 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 257 ha | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 206 ha | -19.8% |
| 1985 | 186 ha | -9.7% |
| 1986 | 55 ha | -70.4% |
| 1987 | 40 ha | -27.3% |
| 1988 | 21 ha | -47.5% |
| 1989 | 15 ha | -28.6% |
| 1990 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 5 ha | -66.7% |
| 1992 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4 ha | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1995 | 0 ha | — |
| 1996 | 0 ha | — |
| 1997 | 0 ha | — |
| 1998 | 0 ha | — |
| 1999 | 0 ha | — |
| 2000 | 0 ha | — |
| 2001 | 0 ha | — |
| 2002 | 180 ha | — |
| 2003 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 160 ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 190 ha | +18.8% |
| 2008 | 160 ha | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 177 ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 191 ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 202 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 184 ha | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 141 ha | -23.4% |
| 2015 | 187 ha | +32.6% |
| 2016 | 182 ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 183 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,734 ha | 1,647 ha | 1,922 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 898.6 ha | 348 ha | 1,742 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 167 ha | 15 ha | 327 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.9 ha | 0 ha | 15 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 136 ha | 0 ha | 190 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 180.88 ha | 141 ha | 202 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Italy
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Italy?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Italy was 183 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1,922 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1994.
- How does Italy rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 61st out of 72 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.