Sesame seed — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 61,817 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Western Asia is 61,817 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 178,638 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 56,564 ha, in 2019.
Western Asia ranks 15th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 116,253 ha | — |
| 1962 | 110,555 ha | -4.9% |
| 1963 | 111,012 ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 99,772 ha | -10.1% |
| 1965 | 98,896 ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 92,514 ha | -6.5% |
| 1967 | 104,066 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 124,993 ha | +20.1% |
| 1969 | 108,499 ha | -13.2% |
| 1970 | 97,997 ha | -9.7% |
| 1971 | 108,514 ha | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 124,187 ha | +14.4% |
| 1973 | 89,519 ha | -27.9% |
| 1974 | 108,082 ha | +20.7% |
| 1975 | 113,128 ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 116,100 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 99,375 ha | -14.4% |
| 1978 | 106,014 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 102,422 ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 116,963 ha | +14.2% |
| 1981 | 104,606 ha | -10.6% |
| 1982 | 98,848 ha | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 123,660 ha | +25.1% |
| 1984 | 148,934 ha | +20.4% |
| 1985 | 164,157 ha | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 157,976 ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 178,638 ha | +13.1% |
| 1988 | 156,290 ha | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 158,137 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 147,260 ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 157,537 ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 153,272 ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 153,040 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 146,232 ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 141,029 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 137,850 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 141,138 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 143,608 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 113,374 ha | -21.1% |
| 2000 | 115,431 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 113,786 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 113,996 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 116,654 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 103,605 ha | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 106,798 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 96,063 ha | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 82,453 ha | -14.2% |
| 2008 | 75,156 ha | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 67,342 ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 78,203 ha | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 73,383 ha | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 68,572 ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 62,004 ha | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 58,676 ha | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 57,251 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 58,518 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 59,398 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 56,990 ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 56,564 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 71,446 ha | +26.3% |
| 2021 | 64,319 ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 59,777 ha | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 59,984 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 61,817 ha | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107,396 ha | 92,514 ha | 124,993 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 106,534 ha | 89,519 ha | 124,187 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 140,821 ha | 98,848 ha | 178,638 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 143,434 ha | 113,374 ha | 157,537 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 99,128 ha | 67,342 ha | 116,654 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 62,956 ha | 56,564 ha | 78,203 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,469 ha | 59,777 ha | 71,446 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Western Asia was 61,817 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 178,638 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,564 ha in 2019.
- How does Western Asia rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 15th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.