Sesame seed — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 13,164 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 13,164 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 31,625 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 6,035 ha, in 2019.
Sri Lanka ranks 37th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,471 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,528 ha | +57.8% |
| 1963 | 17,087 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 15,400 ha | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 15,097 ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 10,494 ha | -30.5% |
| 1967 | 12,929 ha | +23.2% |
| 1968 | 13,657 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 14,818 ha | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 11,989 ha | -19.1% |
| 1971 | 8,889 ha | -25.9% |
| 1972 | 13,439 ha | +51.2% |
| 1973 | 13,413 ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 19,878 ha | +48.2% |
| 1975 | 21,359 ha | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 25,786 ha | +20.7% |
| 1977 | 24,508 ha | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 12,400 ha | -49.4% |
| 1979 | 26,250 ha | +111.7% |
| 1980 | 30,201 ha | +15.1% |
| 1981 | 26,080 ha | -13.6% |
| 1982 | 31,625 ha | +21.3% |
| 1983 | 24,800 ha | -21.6% |
| 1984 | 14,400 ha | -41.9% |
| 1985 | 14,830 ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 14,328 ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 12,576 ha | -12.2% |
| 1988 | 12,560 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 8,350 ha | -33.5% |
| 1990 | 8,730 ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 9,510 ha | +8.9% |
| 1992 | 12,050 ha | +26.7% |
| 1993 | 9,360 ha | -22.3% |
| 1994 | 8,959 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 9,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 7,567 ha | -15.9% |
| 1997 | 11,751 ha | +55.3% |
| 1998 | 10,355 ha | -11.9% |
| 1999 | 8,630 ha | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 7,760 ha | -10.1% |
| 2001 | 6,840 ha | -11.9% |
| 2002 | 6,580 ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 8,810 ha | +33.9% |
| 2004 | 6,990 ha | -20.7% |
| 2005 | 9,650 ha | +38.1% |
| 2006 | 9,340 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 9,260 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 9,510 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 10,880 ha | +14.4% |
| 2010 | 18,390 ha | +69.0% |
| 2011 | 14,360 ha | -21.9% |
| 2012 | 15,560 ha | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 17,145 ha | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 14,474 ha | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 16,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 14,044 ha | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 9,065 ha | -35.5% |
| 2018 | 11,873 ha | +31.0% |
| 2019 | 6,035 ha | -49.2% |
| 2020 | 11,654 ha | +93.1% |
| 2021 | 17,228 ha | +47.8% |
| 2022 | 16,222 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 13,785 ha | -15.0% |
| 2024 | 13,164 ha | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,053 ha | 10,471 ha | 17,087 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,791 ha | 8,889 ha | 26,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,975 ha | 8,350 ha | 31,625 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,591 ha | 7,567 ha | 12,050 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,562 ha | 6,580 ha | 10,880 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,695 ha | 6,035 ha | 18,390 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,411 ha | 11,654 ha | 17,228 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 13,164 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 31,625 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,035 ha in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 37th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.