Sesame seed — Food supply in Moldova
Moldova: Sesame seed — Food supply was 1.23 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Food supply in Moldova, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — food supply in Moldova is 1.23 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and up 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — food supply in Moldova peaked at 1.41 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.41 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Moldova 72nd out of 158 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Food supply in Moldova, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.53 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 0.41 kcal/cap/d | -22.6% |
| 2012 | 0.44 kcal/cap/d | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 0.89 kcal/cap/d | +102.3% |
| 2014 | 0.97 kcal/cap/d | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 0.96 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.98 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.29 kcal/cap/d | +31.6% |
| 2018 | 1.21 kcal/cap/d | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 1.41 kcal/cap/d | +16.5% |
| 2020 | 0.88 kcal/cap/d | -37.6% |
| 2021 | 1.27 kcal/cap/d | +44.3% |
| 2022 | 1.27 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.23 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 1.23 kcal/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.58 kcal/cap/d, 2.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 1.23 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.42 kcal/cap/d, 87% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Food supply in Moldova 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +102.3% | 0.44 kcal/cap/d | 0.89 kcal/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.909 kcal/cap/d | 0.41 kcal/cap/d | 1.41 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.16 kcal/cap/d | 0.88 kcal/cap/d | 1.27 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More agriculture & rural data for Moldova
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0738 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.96 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5627 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — food supply in Moldova?
- Sesame seed — food supply in Moldova was 1.23 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — food supply recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 1.41 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — food supply recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.41 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Moldova rank for sesame seed — food supply?
- Moldova ranks 72nd out of 158 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sesame seed — food supply rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.