Sesame seed — Area harvested in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 23,042 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Viet Nam, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Viet Nam stood at 23,042 ha.
The figure is down 10.1% on the previous year and down 46.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Viet Nam peaked at 55,379 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7,200 ha, in 1973.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,600 ha | +24.7% |
| 1963 | 8,500 ha | -11.5% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 7,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,400 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,200 ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 7,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 7,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 13,560 ha | +85.8% |
| 1977 | 18,400 ha | +35.7% |
| 1978 | 26,330 ha | +43.1% |
| 1979 | 16,650 ha | -36.8% |
| 1980 | 21,950 ha | +31.8% |
| 1981 | 29,200 ha | +33.0% |
| 1982 | 28,200 ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 34,900 ha | +23.8% |
| 1984 | 40,000 ha | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 34,600 ha | -13.5% |
| 1986 | 36,600 ha | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 27,510 ha | -24.8% |
| 1988 | 28,700 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 44,000 ha | +53.3% |
| 1990 | 40,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 46,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 43,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 47,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 49,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 52,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 50,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 37,000 ha | -26.0% |
| 1998 | 25,000 ha | -32.4% |
| 1999 | 30,300 ha | +21.2% |
| 2000 | 36,800 ha | +21.5% |
| 2001 | 37,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 33,800 ha | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 34,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 41,100 ha | +20.2% |
| 2005 | 52,800 ha | +28.5% |
| 2006 | 45,000 ha | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 44,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 45,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 47,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 46,114 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 41,594 ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 42,841 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 43,031 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 55,379 ha | +28.7% |
| 2016 | 50,546 ha | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 37,038 ha | -26.7% |
| 2018 | 29,059 ha | -21.5% |
| 2019 | 28,670 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 33,309 ha | +16.2% |
| 2021 | 28,505 ha | -14.4% |
| 2022 | 27,138 ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 25,641 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 23,042 ha | -10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,978 ha | 7,500 ha | 9,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,904 ha | 7,200 ha | 26,330 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,566 ha | 21,950 ha | 44,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,930 ha | 25,000 ha | 52,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,470 ha | 33,800 ha | 52,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,127 ha | 28,670 ha | 55,379 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,527 ha | 23,042 ha | 33,309 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 5 Pakistan 738,816 ha compare
- 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
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- Milk, Total — Production 1.30 million t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 435,139 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield 1,118 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 389,062 ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 379,811 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 996.7 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 381,062 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 354,787 An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 12.65 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Viet Nam?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Viet Nam was 23,042 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 55,379 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,200 ha in 1973.
- How does Viet Nam rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Viet Nam ranks 8th out of 13 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.