Sesame seed — Area harvested in Türkiye
Türkiye: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 20,406 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Türkiye, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Türkiye stood at 20,406 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.3% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Türkiye peaked at 107,975 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 20,406 ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 78,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 71,000 ha | -9.0% |
| 1963 | 74,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 60,000 ha | -18.9% |
| 1965 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 54,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 60,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 80,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 67,000 ha | -16.2% |
| 1970 | 62,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1971 | 64,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 63,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 47,000 ha | -25.4% |
| 1974 | 46,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 54,000 ha | +17.4% |
| 1976 | 42,800 ha | -20.7% |
| 1977 | 31,750 ha | -25.8% |
| 1978 | 35,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 45,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1980 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 44,250 ha | +10.6% |
| 1983 | 60,000 ha | +35.6% |
| 1984 | 89,798 ha | +49.7% |
| 1985 | 87,473 ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 99,980 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 107,975 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 94,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 1989 | 97,600 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 84,819 ha | -13.1% |
| 1991 | 94,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 1992 | 82,772 ha | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 79,957 ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 84,706 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 72,914 ha | -13.9% |
| 1996 | 73,436 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 67,995 ha | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 68,194 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 50,995 ha | -25.2% |
| 2000 | 50,900 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 50,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 48,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 43,874 ha | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 42,990 ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 42,440 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 39,939 ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 29,780 ha | -25.4% |
| 2008 | 28,589 ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 28,017 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 31,804 ha | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 26,646 ha | -16.2% |
| 2012 | 28,949 ha | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 24,785 ha | -14.4% |
| 2014 | 26,315 ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 28,088 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 28,872 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 28,031 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 25,981 ha | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 24,855 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 25,514 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 25,249 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 24,285 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 22,021 ha | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 20,406 ha | -7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,111 ha | 54,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,055 ha | 31,750 ha | 64,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 76,608 ha | 40,000 ha | 107,975 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,979 ha | 50,995 ha | 94,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,453 ha | 28,017 ha | 50,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,433 ha | 24,785 ha | 31,804 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,495 ha | 20,406 ha | 25,514 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
- 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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- Crops — Gross Production Value 63.24 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value 11.13 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value 13.61 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Türkiye?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Türkiye was 20,406 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 107,975 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,406 ha in 2024.
- How does Türkiye rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Türkiye ranks 9th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.