Sesame seed — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 103,039 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Mali, 1979–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Mali stood at 103,039 ha. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 90.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Mali peaked at 103,039 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 1985.
That places Mali 17th out of 72 countries 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 Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 170 ha | — |
| 1980 | 183 ha | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 1,073 ha | +486.3% |
| 1982 | 683 ha | -36.3% |
| 1983 | 720 ha | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 333 ha | -53.8% |
| 1985 | 150 ha | -55.0% |
| 1986 | 180 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 993 ha | +451.7% |
| 1988 | 1,667 ha | +67.9% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +80.0% |
| 1990 | 1,627 ha | -45.8% |
| 1991 | 970 ha | -40.4% |
| 1992 | 3,151 ha | +224.8% |
| 1993 | 390 ha | -87.6% |
| 1994 | 3,812 ha | +877.4% |
| 1995 | 4,737 ha | +24.3% |
| 1996 | 6,279 ha | +32.6% |
| 1997 | 9,681 ha | +54.2% |
| 1998 | 8,563 ha | -11.5% |
| 1999 | 11,000 ha | +28.5% |
| 2000 | 12,961 ha | +17.8% |
| 2001 | 16,126 ha | +24.4% |
| 2002 | 19,593 ha | +21.5% |
| 2003 | 18,730 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 20,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 17,110 ha | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 15,059 ha | -12.0% |
| 2007 | 9,586 ha | -36.3% |
| 2008 | 20,398 ha | +112.8% |
| 2009 | 16,313 ha | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 32,394 ha | +98.6% |
| 2011 | 38,630 ha | +19.3% |
| 2012 | 58,000 ha | +50.1% |
| 2013 | 36,856 ha | -36.5% |
| 2014 | 54,097 ha | +46.8% |
| 2015 | 79,667 ha | +47.3% |
| 2016 | 79,995 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 65,424 ha | -18.2% |
| 2018 | 98,984 ha | +51.3% |
| 2019 | 99,527 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 79,018 ha | -20.6% |
| 2021 | 92,308 ha | +16.8% |
| 2022 | 91,983 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 96,092 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 103,039 ha | +7.2% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 103,039 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 103,039 ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mali's 103,039 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 2.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +877.4% | 390 ha | 3,812 ha |
| 1981 | +486.3% | 183 ha | 1,073 ha |
| 1987 | +451.7% | 180 ha | 993 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 170 ha | 170 ha | 170 ha | 1 |
| 1980s | 898.2 ha | 150 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,021 ha | 390 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,588 ha | 9,586 ha | 20,398 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,357 ha | 32,394 ha | 99,527 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,488 ha | 79,018 ha | 103,039 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Mali?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Mali was 103,039 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 103,039 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 1985.
- How does Mali rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 17th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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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About this data
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.