Sesame seed — Area harvested in South America
South America: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 745,957 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in South America, 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 South America is 745,957 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and up 375.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in South America peaked at 798,580 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 68,551 ha, in 2002.
South America ranks 12th of 24 groups on this measure, 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 95,043 ha | — |
| 1962 | 107,583 ha | +13.2% |
| 1963 | 109,973 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 122,674 ha | +11.5% |
| 1965 | 145,616 ha | +18.7% |
| 1966 | 133,881 ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 163,609 ha | +22.2% |
| 1968 | 164,409 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 177,802 ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 215,337 ha | +21.1% |
| 1971 | 224,428 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 158,563 ha | -29.3% |
| 1973 | 193,677 ha | +22.1% |
| 1974 | 212,819 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 185,874 ha | -12.7% |
| 1976 | 184,786 ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 179,107 ha | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 174,135 ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 91,828 ha | -47.3% |
| 1980 | 120,392 ha | +31.1% |
| 1981 | 100,003 ha | -16.9% |
| 1982 | 110,871 ha | +10.9% |
| 1983 | 122,384 ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 87,353 ha | -28.6% |
| 1985 | 125,748 ha | +44.0% |
| 1986 | 146,203 ha | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 168,580 ha | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 168,169 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 172,026 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 139,992 ha | -18.6% |
| 1991 | 144,196 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 75,476 ha | -47.7% |
| 1993 | 75,591 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 68,642 ha | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 74,945 ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 86,151 ha | +15.0% |
| 1997 | 89,353 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 86,559 ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 106,715 ha | +23.3% |
| 2000 | 92,832 ha | -13.0% |
| 2001 | 98,356 ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 68,551 ha | -30.3% |
| 2003 | 70,063 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 142,269 ha | +103.1% |
| 2005 | 207,503 ha | +45.9% |
| 2006 | 181,154 ha | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 138,607 ha | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 145,701 ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 179,148 ha | +23.0% |
| 2010 | 168,783 ha | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 183,262 ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 151,385 ha | -17.4% |
| 2013 | 102,786 ha | -32.1% |
| 2014 | 156,732 ha | +52.5% |
| 2015 | 200,660 ha | +28.0% |
| 2016 | 163,298 ha | -18.6% |
| 2017 | 166,025 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 150,008 ha | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 285,822 ha | +90.5% |
| 2020 | 287,386 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 270,155 ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 494,042 ha | +82.9% |
| 2023 | 798,580 ha | +61.6% |
| 2024 | 745,957 ha | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135,621 ha | 95,043 ha | 177,802 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 182,055 ha | 91,828 ha | 224,428 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 132,173 ha | 87,353 ha | 172,026 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,762 ha | 68,642 ha | 144,196 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 132,418 ha | 68,551 ha | 207,503 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 172,876 ha | 102,786 ha | 285,822 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 519,224 ha | 270,155 ha | 798,580 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 9 Chad 572,153 ha compare
- 10 Burkina Faso 427,819 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 355,517 ha compare
- 12 Nigeria 350,000 ha compare
- 13 China 251,800 ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 250,000 ha compare
- 15 Niger 248,962 ha compare
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.4003 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in South America?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in South America was 745,957 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 798,580 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,551 ha in 2002.
- How does South America rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- South America ranks 12th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 375.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.