Sesame seed — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 45,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 45,000 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 66,211 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 14,080 ha, in 1961.
That places Thailand 24th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,080 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,440 ha | +23.9% |
| 1963 | 17,440 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 16,160 ha | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 24,640 ha | +52.5% |
| 1966 | 29,120 ha | +18.2% |
| 1967 | 33,120 ha | +13.7% |
| 1968 | 28,480 ha | -14.0% |
| 1969 | 25,280 ha | -11.2% |
| 1970 | 26,560 ha | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 28,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 27,520 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 34,880 ha | +26.7% |
| 1974 | 26,240 ha | -24.8% |
| 1975 | 25,760 ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 28,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 35,200 ha | +25.7% |
| 1978 | 46,256 ha | +31.4% |
| 1979 | 36,480 ha | -21.1% |
| 1980 | 39,200 ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 41,184 ha | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 34,176 ha | -17.0% |
| 1983 | 31,168 ha | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 36,800 ha | +18.1% |
| 1985 | 43,600 ha | +18.5% |
| 1986 | 50,896 ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 45,312 ha | -11.0% |
| 1988 | 50,200 ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 52,961 ha | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 58,400 ha | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 61,600 ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 59,360 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 60,320 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 59,360 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 60,960 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 61,760 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 60,960 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 61,920 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 62,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 62,674 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 62,974 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 63,250 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 63,504 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 63,738 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 64,838 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 65,035 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 65,430 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 65,614 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 65,769 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 66,145 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 66,211 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 48,102 ha | -27.4% |
| 2013 | 44,785 ha | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 42,547 ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 41,788 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 44,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 45,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 46,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 45,000 ha | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,862 ha | 14,080 ha | 33,120 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,490 ha | 25,760 ha | 46,256 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,550 ha | 31,168 ha | 52,961 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,704 ha | 58,400 ha | 62,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,283 ha | 62,674 ha | 65,769 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,858 ha | 41,788 ha | 66,211 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,200 ha | 45,000 ha | 46,000 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Thailand?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Thailand was 45,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 66,211 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,080 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 24th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.