Sesame seed — Area harvested in Sudan (former)
Sudan (former): Sesame seed — Area harvested was 1.48 million ha in 2011. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Sudan (former), 1961–2011
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2011, sesame seed — area harvested in Sudan (former) stood at 1.48 million ha.
That represents a change of up 16.4% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Sudan (former) peaked at 2.17 million ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 326,000 ha, in 1962.
That places Sudan (former) 4th out of 72 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Sudan (former), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 412,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 326,000 ha | -20.9% |
| 1963 | 497,000 ha | +52.5% |
| 1964 | 469,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 398,026 ha | -15.1% |
| 1966 | 388,574 ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 518,333 ha | +33.4% |
| 1968 | 554,926 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 571,729 ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 780,089 ha | +36.4% |
| 1971 | 807,394 ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 1.20 million ha | +48.1% |
| 1973 | 935,938 ha | -21.7% |
| 1974 | 914,934 ha | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 954,842 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 943,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 993,909 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 857,383 ha | -13.7% |
| 1979 | 831,338 ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 846,041 ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 858,643 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 512,498 ha | -40.3% |
| 1983 | 914,340 ha | +78.4% |
| 1984 | 767,906 ha | -16.0% |
| 1985 | 1.06 million ha | +37.7% |
| 1986 | 938,000 ha | -11.3% |
| 1987 | 960,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 1.17 million ha | +22.3% |
| 1989 | 1.10 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 463,740 ha | -57.9% |
| 1991 | 537,600 ha | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 1.35 million ha | +150.6% |
| 1993 | 1.23 million ha | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 1.35 million ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 1.49 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1996 | 1.86 million ha | +24.6% |
| 1997 | 1.58 million ha | -15.0% |
| 1998 | 1.40 million ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 2.17 million ha | +54.9% |
| 2000 | 2.01 million ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 1.59 million ha | -20.9% |
| 2002 | 1.17 million ha | -26.0% |
| 2003 | 1.50 million ha | +27.7% |
| 2004 | 1.59 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 1.52 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 1.81 million ha | +18.7% |
| 2007 | 1.11 million ha | -38.4% |
| 2008 | 1.49 million ha | +33.8% |
| 2009 | 1.23 million ha | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 1.27 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 1.48 million ha | +16.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Sudan (former) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +150.6% | 537,600 ha | 1.35 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 459,510 ha | 326,000 ha | 571,729 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 921,530 ha | 780,089 ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 913,076 ha | 512,498 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.34 million ha | 463,740 ha | 2.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.50 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.38 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sudan (former)
- 1 Sudan 2.24 million ha
- 2 India 1.55 million ha compare
- 3 Myanmar 1.52 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 366,464 ha compare
- 5 Pakistan 738,816 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 46,876 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 608,111 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,000 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 27,152 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 608,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan (former)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.6791 % change on previous year (2011)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 0 % change on previous year (2011)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 0 % change on previous year (2011)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 0 % change on previous year (2011)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 6.67 % change on previous year (2011)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -0.7012 % change on previous year (2011)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.83 % change on previous year (2011)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate -0.6792 % change on previous year (2011)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -24.77 % change on previous year (2011)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0212 % change on previous year (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Sudan (former)?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Sudan (former) was 1.48 million ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.17 million ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The lowest recorded value was 326,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Sudan (former) rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Sudan (former) ranks 4th out of 72 countries with data for 2011.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan (former) 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.