Sesame seed — Gross 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 Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 2,304 in Brazil; the lowest is 29.6 in Iraq.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.55, and the mean is 163.4.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 78.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 2,752.8%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 84.4%).
Sesame seed — Gross Production Index Number: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 2,304 | 2024 | up 2,752.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Pakistan | 1,321 | 2024 | up 1,215.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Senegal | 479.92 | 2024 | up 510.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Mozambique | 292.64 | 2024 | up 221.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Niger | 271.17 | 2024 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 210.66 | 2024 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 175.08 | 2024 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Chad | 171.05 | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Jordan | 167.65 | 2024 | up 182.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Mali | 148.45 | 2024 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 143.75 | 2024 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Guinea | 137.26 | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 131.48 | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Cameroon | 120.96 | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Sudan | 119.27 | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 118.7 | 2017 | up 181.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Greece | 114.38 | 2017 | up 969.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 113.29 | 2024 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 19 | India | 107.15 | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 106.73 | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 106.4 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 105.8 | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Angola | 104.94 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 24 | Paraguay | 104.65 | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 104.17 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 26 | Togo | 102.58 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 27 | Haiti | 101.82 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 101.4 | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Congo | 101.09 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 100.32 | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Cyprus | 100 | 2017 | unchanged | volatile |
| 31 | Benin | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 33 | Eritrea | 99.09 | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Japan | 98.91 | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Uganda | 98.83 | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Lebanon | 97.52 | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Egypt | 97 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 96.86 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 39 | Israel | 95.93 | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 40 | South Sudan | 95.34 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 41 | Honduras | 93.89 | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Nigeria | 92.37 | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Afghanistan | 90 | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 44 | Myanmar | 88.42 | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Yemen | 87.74 | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 46 | China, Taiwan Province of | 87.38 | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 87.26 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 48 | Central African Republic | 86.89 | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Gambia | 82.64 | 2024 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 81.86 | 2024 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 51 | China | 79.64 | 2024 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 52 | China, mainland | 79.61 | 2024 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 53 | Palestine | 75.51 | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 54 | Mexico | 75.22 | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Republic of Korea | 72.19 | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Cambodia | 61.35 | 2024 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 57 | El Salvador | 54.44 | 2024 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Somalia | 52.8 | 2024 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 59 | Guatemala | 52.58 | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Panama | 51.67 | 2018 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 61 | Kenya | 51.49 | 2024 | down 51.2% | rising |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 42.01 | 2023 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Morocco | 33.3 | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Iraq | 29.6 | 2024 | down 84.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South America 610.32
- Syrian Arab Republic 557.57
- Americas 266.1
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 156.56
- Southern Asia 147.38
- Middle Africa 121.71
- Central Asia 146.74
- Asia 109.3
- Northern Africa 117.46
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 101.82
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 116.78
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 100
- Western Africa 116.63
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 99.93
- European Union (27) 115.74
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 97.94
- World 110.91
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 97.76
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 109.94
- Türkiye 77.67
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 104.75
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 53.3
- Côte d'Ivoire 104.6
- Viet Nam 47.01
- Africa 102.83
- United Republic of Tanzania 41.95
- Western Asia 101.85
- Caribbean 101.82
- South-Eastern Asia 86.01
- Eastern Africa 83.45
- Eastern Asia 79.46
- Central America 62.89
- Southern Europe 4.86
- 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.