Sesame seed — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 2.29 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Northern Africa stood at 2.29 million ha.
The figure is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 5.22 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 343,504 ha, in 1962.
That places Northern Africa 7th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 423,314 ha | — |
| 1962 | 343,504 ha | -18.9% |
| 1963 | 521,829 ha | +51.9% |
| 1964 | 492,705 ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 419,890 ha | -14.8% |
| 1966 | 401,357 ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 527,576 ha | +31.4% |
| 1968 | 565,058 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 586,496 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 797,397 ha | +36.0% |
| 1971 | 824,643 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 1.21 million ha | +47.2% |
| 1973 | 951,146 ha | -21.6% |
| 1974 | 926,411 ha | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 968,825 ha | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 956,556 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 1.01 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 867,315 ha | -14.2% |
| 1979 | 847,074 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 862,418 ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 875,668 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 532,221 ha | -39.2% |
| 1983 | 925,370 ha | +73.9% |
| 1984 | 778,956 ha | -15.8% |
| 1985 | 1.07 million ha | +37.0% |
| 1986 | 947,750 ha | -11.2% |
| 1987 | 972,980 ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 1.19 million ha | +22.1% |
| 1989 | 1.11 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 483,380 ha | -56.6% |
| 1991 | 563,522 ha | +16.6% |
| 1992 | 1.37 million ha | +143.5% |
| 1993 | 1.26 million ha | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 1.37 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 1.53 million ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 1.89 million ha | +24.1% |
| 1997 | 1.61 million ha | -14.9% |
| 1998 | 1.43 million ha | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 2.20 million ha | +54.3% |
| 2000 | 2.04 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 1.62 million ha | -20.6% |
| 2002 | 1.21 million ha | -25.4% |
| 2003 | 1.53 million ha | +27.0% |
| 2004 | 1.62 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 1.55 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 1.84 million ha | +18.5% |
| 2007 | 1.15 million ha | -37.7% |
| 2008 | 1.52 million ha | +32.3% |
| 2009 | 1.28 million ha | -15.9% |
| 2010 | 1.31 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 1.52 million ha | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 846,725 ha | -44.2% |
| 2013 | 2.18 million ha | +157.8% |
| 2014 | 2.56 million ha | +17.3% |
| 2015 | 1.49 million ha | -41.9% |
| 2016 | 2.17 million ha | +45.5% |
| 2017 | 2.73 million ha | +26.1% |
| 2018 | 3.51 million ha | +28.5% |
| 2019 | 4.27 million ha | +21.7% |
| 2020 | 5.22 million ha | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 4.14 million ha | -20.7% |
| 2022 | 3.06 million ha | -26.1% |
| 2023 | 2.46 million ha | -19.4% |
| 2024 | 2.29 million ha | -7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 475,748 ha | 343,504 ha | 586,496 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 936,391 ha | 797,397 ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 926,406 ha | 532,221 ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.37 million ha | 483,380 ha | 2.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.54 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.26 million ha | 846,725 ha | 4.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.43 million ha | 2.29 million ha | 5.22 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Northern Africa was 2.29 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.22 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 343,504 ha in 1962.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 7th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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.