Sesame seed — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 248,962 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Niger stood at 248,962 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 89.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Niger peaked at 248,962 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Niger 15th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 419 ha | 0 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,575 ha | 650 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,025 ha | 1,510 ha | 63,431 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,049 ha | 18,166 ha | 147,817 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 152,323 ha | 75,903 ha | 209,234 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 215,918 ha | 171,170 ha | 248,962 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 12 Nigeria 350,000 ha compare
- 13 China, People's Republic of 251,800 ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 250,000 ha compare
- 16 Uganda 215,000 ha compare
- 17 Mali 103,039 ha compare
- 18 Ethiopia PDR 62,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture share gdp 47.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 47.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 81.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.8% (2025)
- Rural population 22.79 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1,083 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Niger?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Niger was 248,962 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 248,962 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Niger rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 15th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger 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.