Sesame seed — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sesame seed — Production was 380,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 380,000 t for sesame seed — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.2% on the previous year and down 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in China, mainland peaked at 895,228 t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 191,000 t, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262,778 t | 191,000 t | 309,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 270,200 t | 208,000 t | 417,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 451,272 t | 259,000 t | 691,435 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 565,537 t | 436,000 t | 743,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 686,024 t | 557,224 t | 895,228 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 515,176 t | 352,000 t | 639,369 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 436,200 t | 380,000 t | 456,900 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 6 Ethiopia 435,456 t compare
- 7 Brazil 399,400 t compare
- 8 China (People’s Republic of) 381,641 t compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 363,000 t compare
- 11 Chad 291,397 t compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 272,201 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.09 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 427.43 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 702.56 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in China, mainland?
- Sesame seed — production in China, mainland was 380,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 895,228 t in 2002.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 191,000 t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for sesame seed — production?
- China, mainland ranks 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.