Sesame seed — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 37,510 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 37,510 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 39.9% on the previous year and down 54.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 110,000 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 27th of 72 countries on this measure, 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1963 | 10,500 ha | -30.0% |
| 1964 | 12,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 36,000 ha | +157.1% |
| 1967 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 48,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 26,000 ha | -45.8% |
| 1972 | 30,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1973 | 40,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 57,000 ha | +42.5% |
| 1976 | 45,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 1977 | 75,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1978 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 83,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 90,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 1982 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 98,400 ha | +9.3% |
| 1984 | 92,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 109,200 ha | +18.7% |
| 1986 | 81,000 ha | -25.8% |
| 1987 | 104,700 ha | +29.3% |
| 1988 | 109,500 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 110,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 100,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 85,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 1992 | 40,000 ha | -52.9% |
| 1993 | 70,000 ha | +75.0% |
| 1994 | 72,400 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 73,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 70,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 60,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 55,632 ha | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 54,682 ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 56,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 60,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 63,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 62,544 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 61,908 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 62,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 58,627 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 52,911 ha | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 52,138 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 51,196 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 50,286 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 49,406 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 48,554 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 82,000 ha | +68.9% |
| 2015 | 80,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 82,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 80,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 28,069 ha | -64.9% |
| 2021 | 10,631 ha | -62.1% |
| 2022 | 24,259 ha | +128.2% |
| 2023 | 62,381 ha | +157.1% |
| 2024 | 37,510 ha | -39.9% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 37,510 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 103,039 ha, 36% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 37,510 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 89% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +157.1% | 14,000 ha | 36,000 ha |
| 2023 | +157.1% | 24,259 ha | 62,381 ha |
| 2022 | +128.2% | 10,631 ha | 24,259 ha |
| 1993 | +75.0% | 40,000 ha | 70,000 ha |
| 2014 | +68.9% | 48,554 ha | 82,000 ha |
| 1977 | +66.7% | 45,000 ha | 75,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,833 ha | 10,000 ha | 36,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,600 ha | 26,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 96,780 ha | 81,000 ha | 110,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 69,603 ha | 40,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,431 ha | 52,138 ha | 63,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,344 ha | 48,554 ha | 82,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,570 ha | 10,631 ha | 62,381 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Somalia?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Somalia was 37,510 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 110,000 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 27th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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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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.