Sesame seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 41 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 41 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 88.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 33,847 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 39 ha, in 2018.
That places Southern Europe 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,670 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,565 ha | -20.7% |
| 1963 | 33,847 ha | +73.0% |
| 1964 | 25,147 ha | -25.7% |
| 1965 | 14,620 ha | -41.9% |
| 1966 | 18,963 ha | +29.7% |
| 1967 | 19,366 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 15,640 ha | -19.2% |
| 1969 | 12,355 ha | -21.0% |
| 1970 | 20,442 ha | +65.5% |
| 1971 | 16,748 ha | -18.1% |
| 1972 | 14,444 ha | -13.8% |
| 1973 | 11,891 ha | -17.7% |
| 1974 | 7,069 ha | -40.6% |
| 1975 | 7,073 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 6,653 ha | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 4,470 ha | -32.8% |
| 1978 | 3,196 ha | -28.5% |
| 1979 | 3,753 ha | +17.4% |
| 1980 | 5,127 ha | +36.6% |
| 1981 | 3,081 ha | -39.9% |
| 1982 | 2,322 ha | -24.6% |
| 1983 | 2,057 ha | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 1,418 ha | -31.1% |
| 1985 | 1,283 ha | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 1,195 ha | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 1,208 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 1,013 ha | -16.1% |
| 1989 | 751 ha | -25.9% |
| 1990 | 541 ha | -28.0% |
| 1991 | 528 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 459 ha | -13.1% |
| 1993 | 412 ha | -10.2% |
| 1994 | 358 ha | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 295 ha | -17.6% |
| 1996 | 246 ha | -16.6% |
| 1997 | 194 ha | -21.1% |
| 1998 | 195 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 195 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 166 ha | -14.9% |
| 2001 | 172 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 331 ha | +92.4% |
| 2003 | 295 ha | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 326 ha | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 286 ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 297 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 310 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 276 ha | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 279 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 328 ha | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 343 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 334 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 316 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 364 ha | +15.2% |
| 2015 | 896 ha | +146.2% |
| 2016 | 840 ha | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 921 ha | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 39 ha | -95.8% |
| 2019 | 40 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 41 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 41 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 41 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 41 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,464 ha | 12,355 ha | 33,847 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,574 ha | 3,196 ha | 20,442 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,946 ha | 751 ha | 5,127 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 342.3 ha | 194 ha | 541 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 273.8 ha | 166 ha | 331 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 442.1 ha | 39 ha | 921 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.8 ha | 40 ha | 41 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Southern Europe was 41 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 33,847 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 39 ha in 2018.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.