Sesame seed — Area harvested in Palestine
Palestine: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 234 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Palestine, 1994–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 234 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 80.0% on the previous year and down 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Palestine peaked at 1,315 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 130 ha, in 2021.
Palestine ranks 59th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Palestine, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1,315 ha | — |
| 1995 | 1,019 ha | -22.5% |
| 1996 | 1,095 ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 784 ha | -28.4% |
| 1998 | 700 ha | -10.7% |
| 1999 | 498 ha | -28.9% |
| 2000 | 477 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 482 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 443 ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 403 ha | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 596 ha | +47.9% |
| 2005 | 595 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 430 ha | -27.7% |
| 2007 | 577 ha | +34.2% |
| 2008 | 378 ha | -34.5% |
| 2009 | 427 ha | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 370 ha | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 420 ha | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 414 ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 408 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 405 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 396 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 387 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 396 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 240 ha | -39.4% |
| 2019 | 370 ha | +54.2% |
| 2020 | 360 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 130 ha | -63.9% |
| 2022 | 234 ha | +80.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 901.83 ha | 498 ha | 1,315 ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 480.8 ha | 378 ha | 596 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 380.6 ha | 240 ha | 420 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 241.33 ha | 130 ha | 360 ha | 3 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Palestine
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0552 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 167.17 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2685 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1262 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Palestine?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Palestine was 234 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 1,315 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 130 ha in 2021.
- How does Palestine rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Palestine ranks 59th out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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.