Sesame seed — Processing by country
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...
What the numbers show
Sesame seed — Processing is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 667 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 9 1000 t, and the mean is 52.24 1000 t.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in United Republic of Tanzania (down 81.2%).
Sesame seed — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 667 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 639 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 3 | Myanmar | 208 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 4 | India | 195 1000 t | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 122 1000 t | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Türkiye | 101 1000 t | 2023 | up 90.6% | rising |
| 6 | Turkey | 101 1000 t | 2023 | up 90.6% | rising |
| 8 | Uganda | 69 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 57 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 55 1000 t | 2023 | up 103.7% | rising |
| 11 | Mozambique | 35 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 34 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 13 | Pakistan | 30 1000 t | 2023 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 14 | China, Taiwan Province of | 29 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 15 | Germany | 26 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Jordan | 24 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 17 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 21 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 18 | Lebanon | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 19 | Greece | 15 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | flat |
| 21 | Yemen | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 22 | Thailand | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 23 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | rising |
| 24 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 81.2% | falling |
| 24 | Syria | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Malaysia | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 24 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Vietnam | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 28 | Poland | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 28 | Italy | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 28 | Viet Nam | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 32 | France | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.0% | flat |
| 33 | Australia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Australia and New Zealand | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 36 | Iraq | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Guatemala | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Afghanistan | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Serbia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Belgium | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 42 | South Africa | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Tunisia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 42 | Honduras | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Denmark | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 42 | Czechia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2,207 1000 t
- Asia 1,548 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 816 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 689 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 621 1000 t
- Africa 504 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 406 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 278 1000 t
- Southern Asia 265 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 238 1000 t
- Western Asia 229 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 182 1000 t
- Middle Africa 132 1000 t
- Western Africa 129 1000 t
- Europe 76 1000 t
- European Union (27) 73 1000 t
- Americas 73 1000 t
- Northern Africa 60 1000 t
- Central America 59 1000 t
- Western Europe 39 1000 t
- Southern Europe 26 1000 t
- South America 14 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 9 1000 t
- Oceania 6 1000 t
- Southern Africa 1 1000 t
- Northern Europe 1 1000 t
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.