Sesame seed — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sesame seed — Area harvested was 6.18 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 6.18 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 9.00 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 697,241 ha, in 1962.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 789,732 ha | — |
| 1962 | 697,241 ha | -11.7% |
| 1963 | 872,440 ha | +25.1% |
| 1964 | 880,498 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 800,839 ha | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 824,701 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 994,428 ha | +20.6% |
| 1968 | 1.09 million ha | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 1.11 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 1.31 million ha | +18.0% |
| 1971 | 1.36 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 1.73 million ha | +26.7% |
| 1973 | 1.50 million ha | -13.0% |
| 1974 | 1.51 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 1.55 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 1.51 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 1.61 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 1.48 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1979 | 1.39 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 1.44 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 1.45 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 1.11 million ha | -23.8% |
| 1983 | 1.55 million ha | +40.2% |
| 1984 | 1.37 million ha | -11.4% |
| 1985 | 1.69 million ha | +23.4% |
| 1986 | 1.55 million ha | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 1.61 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 1.80 million ha | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 1.73 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 1.13 million ha | -35.0% |
| 1991 | 1.22 million ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 1.99 million ha | +63.7% |
| 1993 | 1.92 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 2.02 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 2.21 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 2.56 million ha | +16.3% |
| 1997 | 2.38 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 2.19 million ha | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 2.97 million ha | +35.9% |
| 2000 | 2.89 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 2.40 million ha | -16.9% |
| 2002 | 2.00 million ha | -16.8% |
| 2003 | 2.49 million ha | +24.7% |
| 2004 | 2.70 million ha | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 2.76 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 3.14 million ha | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 2.40 million ha | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 2.76 million ha | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 2.81 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 3.15 million ha | +11.9% |
| 2011 | 3.77 million ha | +19.9% |
| 2012 | 3.95 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 5.31 million ha | +34.4% |
| 2014 | 6.28 million ha | +18.3% |
| 2015 | 5.21 million ha | -17.0% |
| 2016 | 5.94 million ha | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 6.25 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 7.37 million ha | +18.0% |
| 2019 | 8.58 million ha | +16.3% |
| 2020 | 9.00 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 7.65 million ha | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 6.26 million ha | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 6.09 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 6.18 million ha | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 895,632 ha | 697,241 ha | 1.11 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.49 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.53 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.80 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.06 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 2.97 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.64 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 3.14 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.58 million ha | 3.15 million ha | 8.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.04 million ha | 6.09 million ha | 9.00 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 1 Sudan 2.24 million ha compare
- 2 India 1.55 million ha compare
- 3 Myanmar 1.52 million ha compare
- 4 Sudan (former) 1.48 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 366,464 ha compare
- 5 Pakistan 738,816 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 46,876 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 608,111 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,000 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 27,152 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 608,000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 6.18 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.00 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 697,241 ha in 1962.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.