Sesame seed — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) by country
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.
What the numbers show
Sesame seed — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 2,194 in Brazil; the lowest is 23.84 in Iraq.
The median across all reporting countries is 86.23, and the mean is 139.86.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 92.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 2,592.7%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 87.6%).
Sesame seed — Gross per capita Production Index Number: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 2,194 | 2024 | up 2,592.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Pakistan | 1,142 | 2024 | up 1,021.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Senegal | 379.53 | 2024 | up 366.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Mozambique | 224.51 | 2024 | up 139.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Niger | 200.44 | 2024 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 171.55 | 2024 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 143.35 | 2024 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Jordan | 138.06 | 2024 | up 115.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Chad | 122.97 | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 72.65 | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 121.85 | 2024 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Türkiye | 70.98 | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Italy | 119.03 | 2017 | up 175.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 115.42 | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 43.25 | 2024 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Greece | 114.98 | 2017 | up 998.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Mali | 113.25 | 2024 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Guinea | 108.56 | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Lebanon | 107.17 | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 17 | North Macedonia | 105.17 | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 18 | Thailand | 104.73 | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 19 | Japan | 101.75 | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 20 | India | 98.03 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 97.81 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 22 | Cyprus | 97.21 | 2017 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 95.09 | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Cameroon | 94.65 | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan | 94.23 | 2024 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 26 | Paraguay | 92.76 | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 27 | Haiti | 90.99 | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 90.01 | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Ecuador | 89.99 | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 89.72 | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 31 | China, Taiwan Province of | 88.54 | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 32 | South Sudan | 88.21 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 33 | Eritrea | 87.11 | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Togo | 86.23 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 83.52 | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Myanmar | 82.89 | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Egypt | 82.89 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 38 | Israel | 82.26 | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Congo | 81.36 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 80.17 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 41 | Honduras | 79.94 | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Benin | 78.52 | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 43 | China | 78.29 | 2024 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 44 | China, mainland | 78.22 | 2024 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 45 | Angola | 77.97 | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 76.96 | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 47 | Central African Republic | 75.97 | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Nigeria | 75.87 | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Uganda | 74.14 | 2024 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 71.24 | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 51 | Republic of Korea | 71.12 | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Mexico | 69.55 | 2024 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Yemen | 67.28 | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 54 | Gambia | 67.05 | 2024 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Palestine | 64.36 | 2022 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 56 | Cambodia | 54.28 | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 57 | El Salvador | 53 | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Panama | 49.09 | 2018 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 59 | Guatemala | 45.63 | 2024 | down 53.3% | rising |
| 60 | Kenya | 42.94 | 2024 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 61 | Somalia | 38.35 | 2024 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 37.74 | 2023 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Morocco | 30.32 | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Iraq | 23.84 | 2024 | down 87.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South America 572.98
- Syrian Arab Republic 442.68
- Americas 249.02
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 139.14
- Southern Asia 133.59
- Asia 101.88
- Central Asia 124.7
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 100
- European Union (27) 115.34
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 94.43
- World 101.49
- Middle Africa 91.59
- Northern Africa 100.18
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 88.18
- Caribbean 97.77
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 81.01
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 94.98
- Western Africa 94.01
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 91.77
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 46.69
- Western Asia 87.04
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 83.29
- United Republic of Tanzania 31.94
- Africa 82.85
- Côte d'Ivoire 82.69
- South-Eastern Asia 79.47
- Eastern Asia 78.33
- Eastern Africa 66.02
- Central America 57.48
- Southern Europe 4.92
- Europe 4.86
About this data
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.