Sesame seed — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 215,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 215,000 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 280,000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 60,000 ha, in 1979.
Uganda ranks 16th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 109,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 82,959 ha | -23.9% |
| 1963 | 86,966 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 109,000 ha | +25.3% |
| 1965 | 95,000 ha | -12.8% |
| 1966 | 96,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 94,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 96,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 84,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 66,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1971 | 103,000 ha | +56.1% |
| 1972 | 91,000 ha | -11.7% |
| 1973 | 96,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 97,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 122,800 ha | +26.6% |
| 1976 | 113,488 ha | -7.6% |
| 1977 | 133,000 ha | +17.2% |
| 1978 | 136,100 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 60,000 ha | -55.9% |
| 1980 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 80,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 95,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 1984 | 86,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1985 | 76,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 1986 | 80,444 ha | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 74,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 81,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 92,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1990 | 124,000 ha | +34.8% |
| 1991 | 130,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 143,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 150,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 158,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 166,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 172,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 172,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 179,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 186,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 194,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 203,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 211,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 240,000 ha | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 255,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 268,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 276,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 280,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 165,000 ha | -41.1% |
| 2009 | 192,000 ha | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 198,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 202,752 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 207,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 207,014 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 207,117 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 207,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 207,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 208,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 213,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 212,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 215,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 215,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 215,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 215,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 215,000 ha | +0.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 215,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 103,039 ha, 2.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 215,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 5.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | -55.9% | 136,100 ha | 60,000 ha |
| 1971 | +56.1% | 66,000 ha | 103,000 ha |
| 2008 | -41.1% | 280,000 ha | 165,000 ha |
| 1990 | +34.8% | 92,000 ha | 124,000 ha |
| 1975 | +26.6% | 97,000 ha | 122,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94,769 ha | 82,959 ha | 109,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 101,839 ha | 60,000 ha | 136,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 79,944 ha | 65,000 ha | 95,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 158,000 ha | 124,000 ha | 186,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 228,400 ha | 165,000 ha | 280,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 206,888 ha | 198,000 ha | 213,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 215,000 ha | 215,000 ha | 215,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 13 China 251,800 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6,110 ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 250,000 ha compare
- 15 Niger 248,962 ha compare
- 16 Caribbean 15,794 ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 15,029 ha compare
- 17 Mali 103,039 ha compare
- 18 Ethiopia PDR 62,000 ha compare
- 19 Cameroon 60,000 ha compare
- 19 Paraguay 60,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Uganda?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Uganda was 215,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 280,000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,000 ha in 1979.
- How does Uganda rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 16th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.