Sesame seed — Production by country
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area...
What the numbers show
Sesame seed — Production is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 866,111 t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Panama.
The median across all reporting countries is 10,000 t, and the mean is 89,983 t.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 2,752.9%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 100.0%).
Sesame seed — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 866,111 t | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 2 | Myanmar | 720,000 t | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Sudan | 626,173 t | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 450,000 t | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 272,670 t | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 435,928 t | 2024 | up 1,215.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 29,000 t | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 435,456 t | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 20,362 t | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 399,400 t | 2024 | up 2,752.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 19,576 t | 2024 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 8 | China | 381,641 t | 2024 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 15,238 t | 2024 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 9 | China, mainland | 380,000 t | 2024 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 14,439 t | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 10 | Sudan (former) | 363,000 t | 2011 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 10 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11,958 t | 2024 | up 529.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Chad | 291,397 t | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8,700 t | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 272,201 t | 2024 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,565 t | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 204,399 t | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 14 | South Sudan | 175,612 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 15 | Mozambique | 173,819 t | 2024 | up 221.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Niger | 141,025 t | 2024 | up 155.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Uganda | 140,000 t | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Caribbean | 4,182 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 75,000 t | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,138 t | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 19 | Mali | 51,242 t | 2024 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Senegal | 45,000 t | 2024 | up 509.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 44,112 t | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Egypt | 41,708 t | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 23 | Paraguay | 37,200 t | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 24 | Ethiopia PDR | 36,000 t | 1992 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 25 | Thailand | 31,000 t | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 26 | Guatemala | 30,000 t | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 29,997 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 28,799 t | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 29 | Yemen | 20,500 t | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Somalia | 16,543 t | 2024 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 11,507 t | 2024 | — | rising |
| 32 | Malawi | 10,934 t | 2024 | up 301.8% | rising |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 10,503 t | 2024 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 34 | Benin | 10,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 34 | Cambodia | 10,000 t | 2024 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 9,195 t | 2024 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Republic of Korea | 9,002 t | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 7,043 t | 2024 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Kenya | 6,005 t | 2024 | down 51.2% | rising |
| 40 | Eritrea | 4,870 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 4,367 t | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Haiti | 4,182 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 43 | Guinea | 3,386 t | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Angola | 3,297 t | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 45 | Colombia | 3,253 t | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Togo | 1,882 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 1,655 t | 2023 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 48 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,641 t | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Gambia | 1,404 t | 2024 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 1,181 t | 2024 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Honduras | 1,180 t | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Iraq | 1,154 t | 2024 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 53 | El Salvador | 964.31 t | 2024 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Greece | 633 t | 2017 | up 968.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 310 t | 1990 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 56 | Italy | 306.74 t | 2017 | up 181.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Morocco | 280 t | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Congo | 277.09 t | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 59 | Peru | 226.92 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Palestine | 222.75 t | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 61 | Lebanon | 207.81 t | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 164.01 t | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 63 | USSR | 115 t | 1991 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Israel | 46.68 t | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Jordan | 45.27 t | 2024 | up 182.9% | volatile |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 41.57 t | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 17.84 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Japan | 13.93 t | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Yugoslav SFR | 13 t | 1991 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Cyprus | 1 t | 2017 | unchanged | volatile |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Panama | 0 t | 2021 | down 100.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 6.68 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.72 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.24 million t
- Asia 2.64 million t
- Africa 3.48 million t
- Middle Africa 578,936 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.06 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.83 million t
- Southern Asia 1.40 million t
- Eastern Africa 1.25 million t
- Western Africa 986,320 t
- South-Eastern Asia 789,276 t
- Northern Africa 668,161 t
- Americas 557,271 t
- South America 475,698 t
- Eastern Asia 390,657 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 4,182 t
- Central America 77,391 t
- Western Asia 52,866 t
- Central Asia 10,375 t
- European Union (27) 940.74 t
- Europe 41.57 t
- Southern Europe 41.57 t
- Northern America 0 t
- Eastern Europe 0 t
- United States of America 0 t
About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.