Sesame seed — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 738,816 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 738,816 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 84.8% on the previous year and up 793.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 738,816 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18,028 ha, in 1987.
Pakistan ranks 5th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,710 ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,950 ha | -31.5% |
| 1963 | 26,710 ha | -10.8% |
| 1964 | 33,590 ha | +25.8% |
| 1965 | 28,330 ha | -15.7% |
| 1966 | 30,350 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 31,970 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 27,520 ha | -13.9% |
| 1969 | 22,660 ha | -17.7% |
| 1970 | 30,760 ha | +35.7% |
| 1971 | 41,644 ha | +35.4% |
| 1972 | 29,704 ha | -28.7% |
| 1973 | 32,942 ha | +10.9% |
| 1974 | 22,744 ha | -31.0% |
| 1975 | 28,116 ha | +23.6% |
| 1976 | 30,298 ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 31,623 ha | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 45,849 ha | +45.0% |
| 1979 | 46,150 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 44,078 ha | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 42,763 ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 28,540 ha | -33.3% |
| 1983 | 22,362 ha | -21.6% |
| 1984 | 34,161 ha | +52.8% |
| 1985 | 37,540 ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 33,228 ha | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 18,028 ha | -45.7% |
| 1988 | 24,884 ha | +38.0% |
| 1989 | 37,748 ha | +51.7% |
| 1990 | 52,863 ha | +40.0% |
| 1991 | 69,500 ha | +31.5% |
| 1992 | 82,159 ha | +18.2% |
| 1993 | 73,125 ha | -11.0% |
| 1994 | 80,150 ha | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 89,516 ha | +11.7% |
| 1996 | 99,464 ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 96,115 ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 71,084 ha | -26.0% |
| 1999 | 71,671 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 101,000 ha | +40.9% |
| 2001 | 135,600 ha | +34.3% |
| 2002 | 88,000 ha | -35.1% |
| 2003 | 59,719 ha | -32.1% |
| 2004 | 66,457 ha | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 82,045 ha | +23.5% |
| 2006 | 71,422 ha | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 76,420 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 90,639 ha | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 79,874 ha | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 77,670 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 75,694 ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 70,976 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 81,630 ha | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 82,698 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 78,535 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 80,059 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 82,685 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 83,336 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 139,514 ha | +67.4% |
| 2020 | 170,345 ha | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 199,889 ha | +17.3% |
| 2022 | 259,896 ha | +30.0% |
| 2023 | 399,770 ha | +53.8% |
| 2024 | 738,816 ha | +84.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,532 ha | 22,660 ha | 43,710 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,983 ha | 22,744 ha | 46,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,333 ha | 18,028 ha | 44,078 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,565 ha | 52,863 ha | 99,464 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 85,118 ha | 59,719 ha | 135,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 85,280 ha | 70,976 ha | 139,514 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 353,743 ha | 170,345 ha | 738,816 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.02 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.02 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Pakistan was 738,816 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 738,816 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,028 ha in 1987.
- How does Pakistan rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 5th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 793.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.