Sesame seed — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 400 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 400 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 2,512 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1961.
Morocco ranks 57th of 72 countries on this measure, 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 65 ha | +30.0% |
| 1970 | 85 ha | +30.8% |
| 1971 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 120 ha | +41.2% |
| 1976 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 1980 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 130 ha | -13.3% |
| 1982 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 250 ha | +92.3% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +100.0% |
| 1987 | 800 ha | +60.0% |
| 1988 | 1,400 ha | +75.0% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +28.6% |
| 1990 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 1,977 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 2,100 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 2,131 ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 2,118 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 2,051 ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 2,102 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 1,978 ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 1,770 ha | -15.7% |
| 2003 | 1,900 ha | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 1,746 ha | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 1,818 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1,992 ha | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 2,512 ha | +26.1% |
| 2008 | 1,600 ha | -36.3% |
| 2009 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 1,200 ha | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 1,190 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,350 ha | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 625 ha | -53.7% |
| 2014 | 700 ha | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 1,047 ha | +49.6% |
| 2016 | 1,199 ha | +14.5% |
| 2017 | 838 ha | -30.1% |
| 2018 | 725 ha | -13.5% |
| 2019 | 725 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 849 ha | +17.1% |
| 2021 | 918 ha | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 400 ha | -56.4% |
| 2023 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 400 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,856 ha, 3% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 400 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 939 ha, 43% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +100.0% | 250 ha | 500 ha |
| 1985 | +92.3% | 130 ha | 250 ha |
| 1988 | +75.0% | 800 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 1987 | +60.0% | 500 ha | 800 ha |
| 2022 | -56.4% | 918 ha | 400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.67 ha | 50 ha | 65 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 107.5 ha | 85 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 542 ha | 130 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,066 ha | 1,977 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,914 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,512 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 959.9 ha | 625 ha | 1,350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 593.4 ha | 400 ha | 918 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Morocco?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Morocco was 400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 2,512 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 57th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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.