Sesame seed — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 698,193 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 698,193 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 34.0% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 698,193 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 61,900 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 74,570 ha | +20.5% |
| 1963 | 68,840 ha | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 70,662 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 73,887 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 69,972 ha | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 89,576 ha | +28.0% |
| 1968 | 122,207 ha | +36.4% |
| 1969 | 123,472 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 113,537 ha | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 104,215 ha | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 91,076 ha | -12.6% |
| 1973 | 95,077 ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 98,394 ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 105,088 ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 117,977 ha | +12.3% |
| 1977 | 123,790 ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 102,328 ha | -17.3% |
| 1979 | 112,721 ha | +10.2% |
| 1980 | 115,404 ha | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 115,185 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 116,550 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 115,930 ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 112,497 ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 118,655 ha | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 127,138 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 132,030 ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 125,977 ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 125,974 ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 111,643 ha | -11.4% |
| 1991 | 114,270 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 123,244 ha | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 117,842 ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 135,049 ha | +14.6% |
| 1995 | 114,216 ha | -15.4% |
| 1996 | 114,834 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 146,434 ha | +27.5% |
| 1998 | 160,962 ha | +9.9% |
| 1999 | 151,630 ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 190,491 ha | +25.6% |
| 2001 | 190,202 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 162,087 ha | -14.8% |
| 2003 | 172,028 ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 154,954 ha | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 158,075 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 257,006 ha | +62.6% |
| 2007 | 220,374 ha | -14.3% |
| 2008 | 236,094 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 314,224 ha | +33.1% |
| 2010 | 335,405 ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 306,672 ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 346,404 ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 357,082 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 526,992 ha | +47.6% |
| 2015 | 426,511 ha | -19.1% |
| 2016 | 412,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 427,380 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 469,312 ha | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 531,167 ha | +13.2% |
| 2020 | 541,747 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 522,891 ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 510,496 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 520,937 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 698,193 ha | +34.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,898 ha | 61,900 ha | 123,472 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 106,420 ha | 91,076 ha | 123,790 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 120,534 ha | 112,497 ha | 132,030 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 129,012 ha | 111,643 ha | 160,962 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 205,554 ha | 154,954 ha | 314,224 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 413,892 ha | 306,672 ha | 531,167 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 558,853 ha | 510,496 ha | 698,193 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Middle Africa was 698,193 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 698,193 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 13 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.