Sesame seed — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 3,592 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Saudi Arabia is 3,592 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 16.4% on the previous year and up 74.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 4,296 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 656 ha, in 1973.
That places Saudi Arabia 46th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 2,253 ha | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 2,500 ha | +11.0% |
| 1970 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 1,672 ha | -44.3% |
| 1973 | 656 ha | -60.8% |
| 1974 | 3,160 ha | +381.7% |
| 1975 | 1,750 ha | -44.6% |
| 1976 | 3,809 ha | +117.7% |
| 1977 | 3,185 ha | -16.4% |
| 1978 | 1,175 ha | -63.1% |
| 1979 | 1,813 ha | +54.3% |
| 1980 | 1,704 ha | -6.0% |
| 1981 | 1,767 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 2,095 ha | +18.6% |
| 1983 | 3,592 ha | +71.5% |
| 1984 | 4,064 ha | +13.1% |
| 1985 | 3,338 ha | -17.9% |
| 1986 | 2,647 ha | -20.7% |
| 1987 | 4,201 ha | +58.7% |
| 1988 | 3,331 ha | -20.7% |
| 1989 | 3,531 ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 3,743 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 1,390 ha | -62.9% |
| 1992 | 2,700 ha | +94.2% |
| 1993 | 2,603 ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 2,328 ha | -10.6% |
| 1995 | 2,605 ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 2,647 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 2,351 ha | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 2,300 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 2,114 ha | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 2,350 ha | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 1,816 ha | -22.7% |
| 2002 | 1,735 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 1,675 ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 2,920 ha | +74.3% |
| 2005 | 2,933 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 3,049 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 3,261 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 3,114 ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 2,925 ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 2,735 ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 2,621 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 2,514 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 2,507 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,060 ha | -17.8% |
| 2015 | 1,943 ha | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 1,833 ha | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 1,729 ha | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 1,663 ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 1,663 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,056 ha | +83.8% |
| 2021 | 3,145 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 3,280 ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 4,296 ha | +31.0% |
| 2024 | 3,592 ha | -16.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,028 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,292 ha | 656 ha | 3,809 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,027 ha | 1,704 ha | 4,201 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,478 ha | 1,390 ha | 3,743 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,578 ha | 1,675 ha | 3,261 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,127 ha | 1,663 ha | 2,735 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,474 ha | 3,056 ha | 4,296 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 3,592 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,296 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 656 ha in 1973.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 46th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.