Sesame seed — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 8,687 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 8,687 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 46.2% on the previous year and down 70.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 29,451 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,041 ha, in 1964.
Kenya ranks 42nd of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,690 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,170 ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 3,910 ha | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 1,041 ha | -73.4% |
| 1965 | 2,870 ha | +175.7% |
| 1966 | 2,870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 7,500 ha | +161.3% |
| 1968 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,700 ha | +16.0% |
| 1972 | 9,700 ha | +11.5% |
| 1973 | 10,500 ha | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 11,750 ha | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 13,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1977 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 17,200 ha | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 19,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 20,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 4,982 ha | -75.3% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | +301.4% |
| 1984 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 19,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 19,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 20,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 20,400 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 21,500 ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 23,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 28,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 28,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 27,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 27,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 26,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 25,150 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 24,921 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 25,052 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 25,174 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 25,137 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 24,942 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 25,224 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 26,020 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 26,539 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 27,083 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 27,617 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 28,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 29,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 29,451 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 26,120 ha | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 28,190 ha | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 4,474 ha | -84.1% |
| 2018 | 12,321 ha | +175.4% |
| 2019 | 12,460 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 12,526 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 5,203 ha | -58.5% |
| 2022 | 5,352 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 5,943 ha | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 8,687 ha | +46.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 8,687 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,856 ha, 68% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 8,687 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 21% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Kenya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +301.4% | 4,982 ha | 20,000 ha |
| 1965 | +175.7% | 1,041 ha | 2,870 ha |
| 2018 | +175.4% | 4,474 ha | 12,321 ha |
| 1967 | +161.3% | 2,870 ha | 7,500 ha |
| 2017 | -84.1% | 28,190 ha | 4,474 ha |
| 1982 | -75.3% | 20,200 ha | 4,982 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,672 ha | 1,041 ha | 7,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,835 ha | 7,500 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,308 ha | 4,982 ha | 20,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,550 ha | 21,500 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,416 ha | 24,921 ha | 26,539 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,522 ha | 4,474 ha | 29,451 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,542 ha | 5,203 ha | 12,526 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Kenya?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Kenya was 8,687 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 29,451 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,041 ha in 1964.
- How does Kenya rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 42nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya 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.