Sesame seed — Food in Egypt
Egypt: Sesame seed — Food was 34 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Food in Egypt, 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 Egypt is 34 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.4% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — food in Egypt peaked at 68 1000 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 24 1000 t, in 2021.
That places Egypt 11th out of 134 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Food in Egypt, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 60 1000 t | +42.9% |
| 2012 | 68 1000 t | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 43 1000 t | -36.8% |
| 2014 | 46 1000 t | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 49 1000 t | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 43 1000 t | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 48 1000 t | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 55 1000 t | +14.6% |
| 2019 | 32 1000 t | -41.8% |
| 2020 | 45 1000 t | +40.6% |
| 2021 | 24 1000 t | -46.7% |
| 2022 | 28 1000 t | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 34 1000 t | +21.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 48.6 1000 t | 32 1000 t | 68 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.75 1000 t | 24 1000 t | 45 1000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — food in Egypt?
- Sesame seed — food in Egypt was 34 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — food recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 68 1000 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — food recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 1000 t in 2021.
- How does Egypt rank for sesame seed — food?
- Egypt ranks 11th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sesame seed — food rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.