Sesame seed — Food in Africa
Africa: Sesame seed — Food was 881 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Food in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — food in Africa is 881 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 15.9% on the previous year and up 58.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — food in Africa peaked at 881 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 395 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Africa 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Food in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 395 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 497 1000 t | +25.8% |
| 2012 | 730 1000 t | +46.9% |
| 2013 | 555 1000 t | -24.0% |
| 2014 | 541 1000 t | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 512 1000 t | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 576 1000 t | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 606 1000 t | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 669 1000 t | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 797 1000 t | +19.1% |
| 2020 | 737 1000 t | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 757 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 760 1000 t | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 881 1000 t | +15.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 587.8 1000 t | 395 1000 t | 797 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 783.75 1000 t | 737 1000 t | 881 1000 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — food in Africa?
- Sesame seed — food in Africa was 881 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — food recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 881 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — food recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 395 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for sesame seed — food?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sesame seed — food rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Food. 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.