Sesame seed — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 1.61 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia, 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-Eastern Asia is 1.61 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 1.73 million ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 422,565 ha, in 1964.
South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 24 groups 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 South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 451,072 ha | — |
| 1962 | 492,292 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 509,709 ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 422,565 ha | -17.1% |
| 1965 | 747,759 ha | +77.0% |
| 1966 | 529,947 ha | -29.1% |
| 1967 | 526,009 ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 695,692 ha | +32.3% |
| 1969 | 609,883 ha | -12.3% |
| 1970 | 713,756 ha | +17.0% |
| 1971 | 837,743 ha | +17.4% |
| 1972 | 743,304 ha | -11.3% |
| 1973 | 548,774 ha | -26.2% |
| 1974 | 836,942 ha | +52.5% |
| 1975 | 697,594 ha | -16.6% |
| 1976 | 714,297 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 659,891 ha | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 684,263 ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 1.02 million ha | +48.8% |
| 1980 | 695,234 ha | -31.7% |
| 1981 | 789,819 ha | +13.6% |
| 1982 | 843,436 ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 1.01 million ha | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 855,432 ha | -15.5% |
| 1985 | 1.09 million ha | +28.0% |
| 1986 | 1.10 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 888,654 ha | -19.4% |
| 1988 | 720,100 ha | -19.0% |
| 1989 | 756,356 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 1.04 million ha | +37.0% |
| 1991 | 931,097 ha | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 1.12 million ha | +19.8% |
| 1993 | 1.07 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 1.26 million ha | +17.2% |
| 1995 | 1.03 million ha | -17.7% |
| 1996 | 1.15 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 846,643 ha | -26.2% |
| 1998 | 719,232 ha | -15.0% |
| 1999 | 1.08 million ha | +50.2% |
| 2000 | 1.37 million ha | +26.3% |
| 2001 | 1.28 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 1.39 million ha | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 1.46 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 1.52 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 1.39 million ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 1.54 million ha | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 1.60 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 1.59 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.73 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 1.70 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.70 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.63 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 1.65 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.59 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 1.65 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 1.62 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.59 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.59 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.60 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.55 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 1.64 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 1.62 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.59 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.61 million ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 553,881 ha | 422,565 ha | 747,759 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 745,443 ha | 548,774 ha | 1.02 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 875,901 ha | 695,234 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 million ha | 719,232 ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.49 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.63 million ha | 1.59 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.60 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
- 6 Ethiopia 608,111 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 608,000 ha compare
- 8 South Sudan 604,865 ha compare
- 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
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.6128 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 6.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 4.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested 53.92 million ha (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 1.02 million 1000 An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 10.66 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia was 1.61 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.73 million ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 422,565 ha in 1964.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.